#9076, aired 2024-04-08 | SLANGUAGE $600: This adjective that usually connotes evil means "really" or "very" in New England slang, as in "the Red Sox are ____ awesome" wicked |
#9062, aired 2024-03-19 | WELCOME TO THE BIG LEAGUES $600: In 1924 the NHL added its first U.S. team, this New England squad the Boston Bruins |
#9058, aired 2024-03-13 | "H" IS FOR HISTORY $1600: What's known as this New England city's "Convention" was spurred by dissatisfaction in the War of 1812 Hartford |
#9058, aired 2024-03-13 | 17th CENTURY WRITING $9,200 (Daily Double): In his 1624 history of Virginia & New England, he included the famous story of his rescue John Smith |
#9057, aired 2024-03-12 | SOUP'S ON $400: New England clam chowder uses cream, while this other geographical clam chowder uses tomatoes Manhattan clam chowder |
#9037, aired 2024-02-13 | DOCUMENTARIES $1200: "The Quiet Epidemic" makes the case for the existence of the chronic kind of this disease named for a New England town Lyme disease |
#9022, aired 2024-01-23 | YOUNG PEOPLE'S NONFICTION $400: "The Whydah" is the tale of the first authenticated pirate ship recovered; it sank off this New England cape Cape Cod |
#2, aired 2024-01-12 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $600: Opened in 1865, this N.E. college was started by a scientist for an increasingly industrialized America MIT |
#1, aired 2024-01-12 | OVER CASTE $1200: A term for a member of the New England cultural elite, it's also the name of the highest Hindu caste the Brahmins |
#9008, aired 2024-01-03 | JOHN GREEN $200: (John Green presents the clue.) I co-created Crash Course which offers hundreds of free educational videos on YouTube; in one video, I discuss this female poet from New England, just a bit obsessed with death, who began a poem, "I heard a fly buzz when I died" Emily Dickinson |
#9000, aired 2023-12-22 | CONTEMPORARIES $800: She arrived in England from Virginia in June 1616, in time to take in a new masque by Ben Jonson Pocahontas |
#8996, aired 2023-12-18 | ODDS & "N"s $800: Australia also has a region called this, but theirs doesn't include Vermont & Connecticut New England |
#22, aired 2023-12-06 | PIZZA AT THE MOVIES $800: Julia Roberts' star was on the rise after she played a waitress in this film set at a New England pizza parlor Mystic Pizza |
#8987, aired 2023-12-05 | FEEDBACK: SANDWICH $600: I like the sweet marshmallow creme with savory peanut butter in this sammy, a New England fave, but don't love the texture a fluffernutter |
#21, aired 2023-11-29 | CANDLE CULTURE $500: Now discontinued, this New England company's "Man Candle" collection included scents like "2x4" & "Riding Mower" Yankee Candle |
#19, aired 2023-11-01 | HAIL TO THE CHEF $200: This president's recipe for New England fish chowder calls for 2 lbs. of haddock Kennedy |
#19, aired 2023-11-01 | PENINSULAS $400: New England's very own gun show is this Massachusetts peninsula, often said to resemble an arm flexing its bicep Cape Cod |
#8933, aired 2023-09-20 | THE NEW YORK KNOCKS $200: Anyone from Boston will tell you the New England type of this, with milk, tops Manhattan's, with tomatoes chowder |
#8929, aired 2023-09-14 | LET'S SEE HOW YOU DO WITH AMERICAN FOOTBALL $800: He went 36-44 as head coach of the Browns; he's had a bit more success in New England Bill Belichick |
#8916, aired 2023-07-17 | WHO'S THAT POET? $400: Nearing 40, had no poetry books out; took "The Road Not Taken" anyway, made all the difference; a New England patriot Frost |
#8912, aired 2023-07-11 | IN HIGH PLACES $200: Mount Washington in this state is the highest point in New England New Hampshire |
#8, aired 2023-05-12 | GAMES, OLD & NEW $1200: Around 1870 the Tenth Hussars faced the Ninth Lancers in this game that's been around for 2,000 years or so polo |
#8850, aired 2023-04-14 | BAKER'S DOZEN $200: The southernmost of the 13 colonies, it was meant to be a place where England's poor could get a new start Georgia |
#8846, aired 2023-04-10 | NOVELS BY QUOTE $1600: "Mr. Trask is from New England. He plans to settle here. He's been West before though" East of Eden |
#8800, aired 2023-02-03 | JUICE BAR $600: Head to New England for this classic 2-ingredient cocktail made with vodka & cranberry juice a Cape Codder |
#8789, aired 2023-01-19 | STATE CAPITALS $7,000 (Daily Double): The Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce is found in this New England state capital Augusta |
#11, aired 2023-01-19 | WHAT'S NEW IN HISTORY $600: This northeast state got its name in the 1620s from a county in England where the scene was dull--time for something "new" New Hampshire |
#8788, aired 2023-01-18 | SIX PACK $200: Of the 6 New England states, it's the smallest in area Rhode Island |
#9, aired 2023-01-05 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $700 (Daily Double): This New England state that produces a lot of them has the lobster as its official state crustacean Maine |
#8777, aired 2023-01-03 | KID CUISINE $400: If your kids aren't from New England, they may enjoy this two-word dish made with a veggie, more than its clam or fish cousin corn chowder |
#8741, aired 2022-11-14 | THE LONG HALL $1600: Publisher of The Liberator, he founded the New England Anti-Slavery Society in Boston at what was called the Black Faneuil Hall (William Lloyd) Garrison |
#3, aired 2022-10-09 | AMERICANA $400: Yankee magazine says this New England state is known for chowder, old money & being the home of TV's Gilmore girls Connecticut |
#8708, aired 2022-09-28 | OFF TO NEW ENGLAND $200: The oldest active Major League Baseball park, it hosted its first game in 1912, with the Red Sox winning 7-6 Fenway |
#8708, aired 2022-09-28 | OFF TO NEW ENGLAND $400: Originally incorporated as Harrington, this city got its name in 1797 & 30 years later, became Maine's capital Augusta |
#8708, aired 2022-09-28 | OFF TO NEW ENGLAND $600: Its Witch Museum is on Washington Square North & the House of the Seven Gables, that's over on Derby Street in this city Salem |
#8708, aired 2022-09-28 | OFF 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 2022-09-28 | OFF TO NEW ENGLAND $1000: Launched in 1841, the last wooden whaleship in the world floats at this Connecticut seaport; maybe get some pizza nearby Mystic |
#1, aired 2022-09-25 | ALPHABETICALLY LAST $2,000 (Daily Double): ...of the New England states; it's also the least populous Vermont |
#8691, aired 2022-07-25 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $2000: Major cities in New Hampshire include Dover & this port that also shares its name with a historic port of southern England Portsmouth |
#8671, aired 2022-06-27 | I SPEAK FOR THE TREES $400: This New England resident often spoke for the trees, with poems like "Birches", "After Apple-Picking" & "The Sound of Trees" Robert Frost |
#8635, aired 2022-05-06 | PROTESTANTS $2000: This "ism" that once dominated New England gets its name from being based on self-rule by small groups Congregationalism |
#8620, aired 2022-04-15 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $1000: This literary movement arose in 19th century New England; some of its members experimented with utopian living at Brook Farm Transcendentalism |
#8573, aired 2022-02-09 | ALPHABETICALLY FIRST $800: Of the New England states Connecticut |
#8572, aired 2022-02-08 | THE LAST THOUSAND YEARS $400: Precisionists was another name for these very serious Christians who basically ran 17th century New England Puritans |
#1, aired 2022-02-08 | FLORAL GEOGRAPHY $400: Lily Bay State Park is on Moosehead Lake, the largest in this largest New England state Maine |
#8549, aired 2022-01-06 | THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE $400: Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state & this New England state as a non-slave addition Maine |
#8515, aired 2021-11-19 | DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE $400: Desert & New England are species of this rabbit named for a fluffy appendage a cottontail |
#8499, aired 2021-10-28 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: The name of this northeast region was first used by John Smith, who published "A Description of" it in 1616 New England |
#8455, aired 2021-07-30 | CELEBRATIONS OF THE MONTH $800: National Humor Month & in New England, Patriots' Day April |
#8440, aired 2021-07-09 | N.E. PORT $400: Newport in this New England state has been the site of several America's Cup yacht races Rhode Island |
#8427, aired 2021-06-22 | "AL" WORDS FROM ARABIC $400: It's from Arabic for "calendar" & the first one printed in America was "for New England for the year 1639" an almanac |
#8396, aired 2021-05-10 | HISTORIC HAPPENINGS $200: In 1620 John Howland fell off this ship, grabbed a rope, amazingly survived, reached New England & had 10 kids & now 2 mil. descendants the Mayflower |
#8391, aired 2021-05-03 | COMEDY CENTRAL $800: New to England, this confused Apple TV+ soccer coach asked, "How many countries are in this country?" The answer: "4" Ted Lasso |
#8386, aired 2021-04-26 | OFFICIAL STATE SONGS $800: "Yankee Doodle" (in New England) Connecticut |
#8377, aired 2021-04-13 | SCOTT LAND $400: While a student at Boston University, MLK met this 1951 enrollee of the New England Conservatory of Music Coretta Scott |
#8376, aired 2021-04-12 | DREW'S CLUES ON FAMOUS FAMILIES $400: (Drew Barrymore presents the clue.) As a child, Bridget Fonda appeared in "Easy Rider" with her dad Peter while Jane Fonda shared the screen with her dad Henry in this movie, beautifully filmed in New England On Golden Pond |
#8359, aired 2021-03-18 | MOUNTAIN $1200: This "sweet" mountain in Maine's Carrabassett Valley is one of New England's premier ski resorts Sugarloaf |
#8333, aired 2021-02-10 | 3-NAMED AUTHORS $400: This 19th century New England thinker penned the "Concord Hymn" & the essay "Self-Reliance" Ralph Waldo Emerson |
#8313, aired 2021-01-13 | POSSESSIVE HISTORY $800: December 1839 saw many of these catastrophes in New England, including the loss of the schooner Favorite on Norman's Woe shipwrecks |
#8304, aired 2020-12-17 | AUDIO DRAMAS $400: The infamous 1938 radio adaptation of this H.G. Wells novel moved the action from England to Grovers Mill, New Jersey The War of the Worlds |
#8286, aired 2020-11-23 | CLARK $600: Robert Goddard taught physics & did rocket experiments at his alma mater Clark University in this New England state Massachusetts |
#8261, aired 2020-10-19 | THE AMERICAN FLAG $1000: After Kentucky & this New England state were added to the Union, the flag had 15 stripes for awhile Vermont |
#8255, aired 2020-10-09 | WHERE AM I? $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) I’m at this premier U.S. art and design college in New England, a leader in attracting extraordinary creative people since its founding in 1877 RISD (the Rhode Island School of Design) |
#8229, aired 2020-06-04 | SUMMER READING $2000: This woman's New England novels include "Ethan Frome" & the lusty "Summer", which she referred to as "hot Ethan" Edith Wharton |
#8213, aired 2020-04-29 | WELL-SEASONED VOCABULARY $1000: This architectural style was popular for houses in Colonial New England the saltbox style |
#8209, aired 2020-04-23 | FICTIONAL TV TOWNS & CITIES $800: If you write about "Murder, She Wrote", include that it took place in Cabot Cove in this New England state Maine |
#8182, aired 2020-03-17 | CHARACTERS IN MOBY-DICK $800: Mrs. Hussey is an innkeeper who makes a delicious version of this New England soup clam chowder |
#8164, aired 2020-02-20 | KEROUAC $1200: "TI JEAN" on Jack's grave reflects his heritage; his parents immigrated to New England from this country Canada |
#8137, aired 2020-01-14 | LET'S GET MARRIED! $800: In England this rhyme about wedding attire ends with "and a silver sixpence in your shoe" Something old, something new (*Something borrowed, something blue) |
#8130, aired 2020-01-03 | SLIDING INTO YOUR CMs $800: This "softly named" Puritan minister examined Christianity in New England with "Magnalia Christi Americana" Cotton Mather |
#8109, aired 2019-12-05 | PATRIOT GAMES $400: This head coach has led the New England Patriots to victory in 6 Super Bowls (Bill) Belichick |
#8102, aired 2019-11-26 | LIFE IN PLYMOUTH COLONY $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew in Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, MA.) Arriving in Plymouth in December 1620, the Pilgrims spent several months on the Mayflower while building their new homes, initially using grasses and reeds, to make this type of roof, like back in England a thatched |
#8073, aired 2019-10-16 | TV PETS $4,000 (Daily Double): On "Sabrina the Teenage Witch", her talking black cat had this name, also a historic New England village Salem |
#8068, aired 2019-10-09 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES ON THE ROAD $1200: Conland Highway on I-91 was named for a publisher of the Courant newspaper in this New England state capital Hartford |
#8027, aired 2019-07-02 | "B" WHERE OF DOG $200: The AKC says the tuxedo-coated terrier named for this New England city makes an excellent urban pet Boston |
#7990, aired 2019-05-10 | THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD $2000: After his "Twelve Years a Slave", he is said to have helped the railroad as a freeman in New England (Solomon) Northup |
#7954, aired 2019-03-21 | THE SPORTING "NEW"s $800: Since 2001 these NFLers have finished first in their division 16 of 18 times the New England Patriots |
#7942, aired 2019-03-05 | WRITERS ON THE STORM $800: Very cold weather descends on 2 WASPy New England families in the 1970s in this Rick Moody novel Ice Storm |
#7942, aired 2019-03-05 | COLONIAL AMERICA $1200: The New England Company changed its name to this & founded a colony in 1630 the Massachusetts Bay Company |
#7932, aired 2019-02-19 | WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS MONTH? $1000: England's Twelfth Night,
Battle of New Orleans Day January |
#7926, aired 2019-02-11 | A STATE OF RELAXATION $2000: In New England, Moose Point State Park Maine |
#7912, aired 2019-01-22 | LIT-POURRI $600: "Peace Breaks Out" is John Knowles' sequel to this novel set at a New England boarding school A Separate Peace |
#7912, aired 2019-01-22 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: Edgartown & Oak Bluffs are 2 of only a handful of towns on this island in New England Martha's Vineyard |
#7894, aired 2018-12-27 | ALMOST PRESIDENT $2000: Had this New England senator and orator won the White House in 1836, we bet he would have given quite an inaugural Daniel Webster |
#7889, aired 2018-12-20 | INTO THE SPIDER VERSE $2000: A spider & a moth figure in "Design' by this New England-based man, a giant of 20th century poetry Frost |
#7865, aired 2018-11-16 | STATE FACTS $1200: The largest New England state in area, it's the least densely populated east of the Mississippi Maine |
#7864, aired 2018-11-15 | WHAT'S COOKING? $200: It's a pot of the New England style of this chunky seafood soup, made with fresh littlenecks clam chowder |
#7861, aired 2018-11-12 | U.S. CITIES $1,800 (Daily Double): This New England capital shares its name with James Madison's Virginia plantation Montpelier |
#7845, aired 2018-10-19 | WHOSE MEGA-ALBUM? $1200: Well, they're "just another band out of" a New England city whose debut album has sold 17 million copies Boston |
#7833, aired 2018-10-03 | NEW ENGLAND $200: "The Hub of the Universe", it's the largest city in New England Boston |
#7833, aired 2018-10-03 | NEW ENGLAND $400: Some of Vermont's best farmland is located in this valley that shares its name with a large lake in the region Champlain |
#7833, aired 2018-10-03 | NEW ENGLAND $600: The Hall of Heroes in New London, Connecticut honors heroic alumni of this service academy the Coast Guard Academy |
#7833, aired 2018-10-03 | NEW ENGLAND $800: Built in 1763 & still active, Touro Synagogue in this Rhode Island resort city is America's oldest Jewish house of worship Newport |
#7833, aired 2018-10-03 | NEW ENGLAND $1000: This state's House of Representatives includes seats for 3 nonvoting members, including 1 representing the Penobscot nation Maine |
#7803, aired 2018-07-11 | BLACK WOMEN AUTHORS $1200: Maryse Condé wrote the historical novel "I, Tituba, Black Witch of" this New England town Salem |
#7801, aired 2018-07-09 | ALLITERATIVE LIT $1600: Rudyard Kipling took a break from his stories of South Asia to pen this tale of New England fishermen Captains Courageous |
#7790, aired 2018-06-22 | POETS & POETRY $400: Ezra Pound said "Death of the Hired Man" was this poet at his best, daring to write "in the natural speech of New England" (Robert) Frost |
#7789, aired 2018-06-21 | PIN THE TALE ON THE 19th CENTURY WRITER $800: His 1835 "Young Goodman Brown" shows a dark side of New England Hawthorne |
#7783, aired 2018-06-13 | APPALACHIAN APPELLATION $1600: Baxter Peak on Mount Katahdin is the highest point in this New England state Maine |
#7761, aired 2018-05-14 | SUPER CONDUCTORS $800: Super conductor Arthur Fiedler was born in this New England city in 1894 Boston |
#7755, aired 2018-05-04 | DOWN BY THE WATER $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents.) I'm at Mystic Seaport, the nation's leading maritime museum, located on 19 acres in this New England state Connecticut |
#7750, aired 2018-04-27 | PRONOUNS $400: It's also the postal abbreviation for a New England state me |
#7746, aired 2018-04-23 | TURNING PHILOSOPHICAL $1200: In mid-1800s New England, this idealistic philosophy grew out of the Romantic movement transcendentalism |
#7735, aired 2018-04-06 | WOMEN POETS $2,600 (Daily Double): Often compared to another New England poet, Maxine Kumin was dubbed this, the female equivalent of his name Roberta Frost |
#7685, aired 2018-01-26 | THE FABRICS OF OUR LIVES $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts.) For the ladies, 19th century New England stores, like in Old Sturbridge Village, had to stock the latest in this fabric named for a large Indian city; the fabric would vary between darker & lighter colors & busier & plainer prints calico |
#7677, aired 2018-01-16 | GETTING POSSESSIVE $200: Stoddard's Way was a religious innovation in 17th c. New England allowing anyone to receive this during mass communion |
#7657, aired 2017-12-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In old New England a regular use of the village green was training this body of men mentioned in the Second Amendment the militia |
#7649, aired 2017-12-07 | I'M AMEN-ABLE TO THAT $2000: The 1737 "New England Primer" included the children's prayer that begins with these 7 words "Now I lay me down to sleep" |
#7646, aired 2017-12-04 | POP CULTURE DOUBLE TALK $2000: Theodore Bikel played the Soviet captain who runs his submarine aground off New England in this 1960s comedy film The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming |
#7644, aired 2017-11-30 | NEW ENGLAND $200: The only home on Boston's Freedom Trail belonged to this silversmith Paul Revere |
#7644, aired 2017-11-30 | NEW ENGLAND $400: Until the 1600s this tribe lived & fished on the bay that bears their name with no idea they were in Rhode Island the Narragansett |
#7644, aired 2017-11-30 | NEW ENGLAND $600: In 2003, after years of erosion, this state's iconic Old Man of the Mountain crumbled to the ground New Hampshire |
#7644, aired 2017-11-30 | NEW ENGLAND $800: In 1883 he settled at Prouts Neck, on the coast of Maine, where he would paint many of his seascapes (Winslow) Homer |
#7644, aired 2017-11-30 | NEW ENGLAND $1000: This English explorer & captain gave New England its name after exploring the region in the 1600s Captain John Smith |
#7608, aired 2017-10-11 | ACC SCHOOLS $600: This school was New England's first Roman Catholic one for higher education Boston College |
#7589, aired 2017-09-14 | CLAM UP $600: This soft-shell clam named for 1 way it's cooked is pronounced in New England to rhyme with "Lima" a steamer clam |
#7569, aired 2017-07-06 | FROM THE LATIN $1600: A marvel of New England in autumn, it's from the Latin for "leaf" foliage |
#7564, aired 2017-06-29 | "N" THE MAP $1000: Prudence & Patience (very New England values) are islands in this bay the Narragansett |
#7560, aired 2017-06-23 | SCARY READING $1000: An early 20th c. New England recluse, he wrote scary tales like "The Thing on the Doorstep" & "The Dunwich Horror" H.P. Lovecraft |
#7541, aired 2017-05-29 | THE NEW "BLACK" $1000: A new 18th century fad of sea bathing to cure disease helped put this resort town of northwest England on the map Blackpool |
#7529, aired 2017-05-11 | TV DRAMAS $400: "Once Upon a Time" is set in this fictional New England town Storybrooke (Maine) |
#7517, aired 2017-04-25 | POETS & POETRY $400: Amy Lowell, reviewing "North of Boston", said, "Not only is " his "work New England in subject, it is so in technique" Robert Frost |
#7514, aired 2017-04-20 | CORPORATE LOGOS $600: The logo for this sports team is popularly known as the Flying Elvis the New England Patriots |
#7511, aired 2017-04-17 | THIS CATEGORY IS JUST FLUFF $600: It's the fluff in a fluffernutter sandwich, a New England favorite marshmallow creme |
#7477, aired 2017-02-28 | OLD STURBRIDGE VILLAGE $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Old Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts.) A bustling place in the 18th century, used as everything from a parade ground to a town dump, by the early 1800s, the center of the typical New England village was becoming we think of as the peaceful manicured green, or as they call it in Boston, this the common |
#7476, aired 2017-02-27 | POETRY & BRIDGES $1600: There's a John Greenleaf Whittier Bridge over the Merrimack River in this, the poet's home state in New England Massachusetts |
#7463, aired 2017-02-08 | AN "F" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: The New England Patriots are based in this Massachusetts town Foxborough |
#7451, aired 2017-01-23 | AMERICAN WOMEN $1000: This "Battle Hymn Of The Republic" author was also the first president of the New England Woman Suffrage Association Julia Ward Howe |
#7449, aired 2017-01-19 | STRAIGHT OUTTA... $200: This New England college town: George W. Bush New Haven |
#7306, aired 2016-05-23 | THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION $1600: In 2009 winner "Olive Kitteridge", 13 connected stories in this New England state pack a collective emotional wallop Maine |
#7284, aired 2016-04-21 | NEW WORLD EXPLORATION $2000: This Italian in the service of England reached the area of Newfoundland in 1497; son Sebastian was likely a crew member John Cabot |
#7280, aired 2016-04-15 | ODDS & "N"s $800: Australia also has a region called this, but theirs doesn't include Vermont & Connecticut New England |
#7277, aired 2016-04-12 | POET-TREE $800: In "Birches", this New England poet wrote that he'd like to "climb black branches up a snow-white trunk toward heaven" (Robert) Frost |
#7261, aired 2016-03-21 | AROUND THE USA $200: Aroostook County in this New England state borders Quebec & New Brunswick Maine |
#7259, aired 2016-03-17 | NEW ZEALAND $5,000 (Daily Double): Settled in the 1850s by the Canterbury Association of England, it's South Island's largest city Christchurch |
#7245, aired 2016-02-26 | ART & ARTISTS $2000: He likened crawling Christina Olson, the subject of his famed 1948 painting, to "a crab on a New England shore" Andrew Wyeth |
#7240, aired 2016-02-19 | ROCK ME GENTLY $400: This "Weekend In New England" & "Can't Smile Without You" guy is heavy on the gentle, light on the rock Barry Manilow |
#7187, aired 2015-12-08 | COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND $400: In 1719 Irish immigrants introduced this vegetable to New England at Londonderry, New Hampshire the potato |
#7187, aired 2015-12-08 | COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND $800: The Old South Meeting House was the organizing point for this Dec. 16, 1773 event the Boston Tea Party |
#7187, aired 2015-12-08 | COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND $1200: In what's now this state, the Mohegans rebelled against the Pequots & made nice with the colonists Connecticut |
#7187, aired 2015-12-08 | COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND $2000: "In Adam's fall, we sinned all" was a couplet used in the textbook called "The New England" this Primer |
#7187, aired 2015-12-08 | COLONIAL NEW ENGLAND $3,000 (Daily Double): First formed to drive New York settlers out of Vermont, this armed band later gained fame at Fort Ticonderoga the Green Mountain Boys |
#7163, aired 2015-11-04 | STATELY RIVERS $2000: New England's longest river, it flows from a small beaver pond near the Canadian border to Long Island Sound the Connecticut |
#7147, aired 2015-10-13 | NEW ENGLAND $200: In 2015 this socially conscious New England ice cream brand introduced a flavor called Save Our Swirled Ben & Jerry's |
#7147, aired 2015-10-13 | NEW ENGLAND $400: (I'm Kevin O'Leary of Shark Tank.) In the '90s I made millions from selling software in my headquarters in this university city, part of the East Coast version of Silicon Valley Cambridge, Massachusetts |
#7147, aired 2015-10-13 | NEW ENGLAND $600: Nickname of the Pawtucket triple-A baseball team & of the MLB team it's affiliated with the Red Sox |
#7147, aired 2015-10-13 | NEW ENGLAND $800: This 19th-century Connecticut village, seen here, was recreated from actual shops transported there from all over New England Mystic Seaport |
#7147, aired 2015-10-13 | NEW ENGLAND $1000: The roads of this Maine national park on the Atlantic coast travel over 17 unique stone-faced bridges Acadia National Park |
#7096, aired 2015-06-22 | OLD JERSEY, NEW JERSEY $800: Situated between southern England & western France, Jersey is the largest & southernmost of these islands the Channel Islands |
#7091, aired 2015-06-15 | LUCKY 13 $600: When England, New Zealand or Fiji fields a team in the league version of this sport, it has 13 players rugby |
#7059, aired 2015-04-30 | 18th CENTURY AMERICA $800: In 1792 Robert Thomas first published this almanac about New England life &, of course, the weather The Farmer's Almanac |
#7048, aired 2015-04-15 | THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS $200: A sixth-round pick in the 2000 draft, this QB told owner Robert Kraft, "I'm the best decision" the team "ever made" Tom Brady |
#7048, aired 2015-04-15 | THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS $400: "The Daily Show" dealt with "PSI: New England" after the Pats won the AFC title game in 2015 against this "luck"y team the (Indianapolis) Colts |
#7048, aired 2015-04-15 | THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS $600: 2 Patriot losses in the Super Bowl came against this team, & both times near-miracle catches were involved the (New York) Giants |
#7048, aired 2015-04-15 | THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS $800: Not to be confused with "I am Groot", this exuberant tight end could declare, "I am Gronk" Gronkowski |
#7048, aired 2015-04-15 | THE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS $1000: This Hall of Fame head coach led the Pats to the 1997 Super Bowl, then left to go fly with the Jets Bill Parcells |
#7044, aired 2015-04-09 | AMERICAN ARTISTS $4,000 (Daily Double): His 1885 work "The Fog Warning" shows a lone New England fisherman rowing a dory Winslow Homer |
#7041, aired 2015-04-06 | POETS' MONIKERS $800: "The Voice of New England" (born in San Francisco) Robert Frost |
#7030, aired 2015-03-20 | SWEET STUFF $1000: The origin of the whimsical name of these cookies, a New England favorite, is a mystery a snickerdoodle |
#6997, aired 2015-02-03 | A LONG TIME AGO IN CANADA $1200: In 1621 England awarded Scotsman William Alexander this territory, now the name of a province Nova Scotia |
#6987, aired 2015-01-20 | SOCIETY $1600: In 1832, this three-named newspaper editor founded the New England Anti-Slavery Society William Lloyd Garrison |
#6982, aired 2015-01-13 | BRR, BABY, BRR $3,000 (Daily Double): This New England state's record low of -50 F. was recorded in Aroostook County on January 16, 2009 Maine |
#6972, aired 2014-12-30 | A CATEGORY WITH REVERENDS $800: Downy first name of Increase Mather's son, a New England Puritan & Congregational minister Cotton |
#6920, aired 2014-10-17 | THE TEAM, THE TEAM, THE TEAM $1,000 (Daily Double): The athletic teams of this New England school founded in 1861 are called the Engineers MIT |
#6902, aired 2014-09-23 | CELEBRITY ORIGINS $200: (Hi, I'm Kyra Sedgwick.) My ancestor Robert Sedgwick came to America in 1636 & was an early settler of Charlestown, now part of this New England city Boston |
#6849, aired 2014-05-29 | NEW BRITISH COINS $1,200 (Daily Double): Floral emblem 1-pound coins feature a daffodil for Wales, a thistle for Scotland & this for England a rose |
#6823, aired 2014-04-23 | TOUCHDOWNS $800: Ahmad Bradshaw fell butt-first into the end zone to give this team a Super Bowl-winning TD against New England in 2012 the New York Giants |
#6823, aired 2014-04-23 | GEOGRAPHER'S DICTIONARY $800: "Oceanic" term for the coastal states between New England & the South, like Delaware & Maryland Mid-Atlantic |
#6820, aired 2014-04-18 | HOME, SWEET HOME $400: New England's oldest surviving wooden mansion, the home seen here in Salem, inspired this 1851 novel The House of Seven Gables |
#6813, aired 2014-04-09 | STATE SCHOOLS $800: A knowingly ironic slogan of this New England university is "Think big. We do" the University of Rhode Island |
#6809, aired 2014-04-03 | EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: Benjamin Harris of Boston published the Colonies' first newspaper as well as this book that taught millions to read The New England Primer |
#6775, aired 2014-02-14 | "GR"AD SCHOOL $1000: In New England it's another name for a hero sandwich a grinder |
#6771, aired 2014-02-10 | FAMOUS HOMES $400: The "Witch House" in this New England city is where witch trial judge Jonathan Corwin lived in the 1690s Salem |
#6770, aired 2014-02-07 | 1980s BOOKS $1600: This New England title establishment is located in Derry; would you like turndown service? Hotel New Hampshire |
#6768, aired 2014-02-05 | I'M HEADING TO... $800: Mount Katahdin in this New England state Maine |
#6734, aired 2013-12-19 | A GOOD OFFENSE $200: Tom Brady tossed 50 TD passes in 2007, leading this team to an NFL record 589 points in a season New England Patriots |
#6730, aired 2013-12-13 | MARSH MADNESS $2000: New England's 20,000-acre Great Marsh is this type of marsh whose name reflects its irrigation by seawater a salt marsh |
#6715, aired 2013-11-22 | PASSWORD $1000: The first computers to use passwords was probably this New England university's CTSS computer in the 1960s MIT |
#6706, aired 2013-11-11 | STATE CAPITALS $600: This New England state capital lies on the main pass through the Green Mountains Montpelier |
#6703, aired 2013-11-06 | PLYMOUTH COLONY $1600: Plymouth was part of the Dominion of New England, an entity that collapsed when this couple took the throne in 1689 William & Mary |
#6698, aired 2013-10-30 | SUPER BOWL-WINNING COACHES $400: New England Patriots (Bill) Belichick |
#6697, aired 2013-10-29 | RIDING ON THE METRO $1600: Known to locals as the "T", this New England Metro Area's metro was immortalized in the Kingston Trio hit "M.T.A." Boston |
#6695, aired 2013-10-25 | "C" IN AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In 1614 John Smith came to New England & got rich taking thousands of these fish to sell in Old England cod |
#6689, aired 2013-10-17 | U.S. GOVERNORS $1200: In 2007 Deval Patrick became this New England state's first black governor & the second ever elected in the U.S. Massachusetts |
#6658, aired 2013-07-24 | COASTAL U.S. STATES $800: This New England state has the least, a scant 13 miles on the sea New Hampshire |
#6642, aired 2013-07-02 | ANIMALS ON THE MAP $800: Gillette stadium at 1 Patriot Place in this town is home to the New England Patriots Foxborough |
#6639, aired 2013-06-27 | COLLEGES WITH MASS. APPEAL $2000: This oldest Catholic college in New England is located in the wicked excellent city of Worcester Holy Cross |
#6637, aired 2013-06-25 | KICKING AROUND FOR A WHILE $400: Adam Vinatieri, who turned 40 in 2012, has 1 Super Bowl ring with the Colts & 3 with this other AFC team the New England Patriots |
#6626, aired 2013-06-10 | STATE OF the ONION $1000: Found in New England, it "exists solely for the purpose of describing how big other landmasses are" Rhode Island |
#6606, aired 2013-05-13 | THE 17th CENTURY $400: Between June & September 1692, 19 people were hanged as witches in this New England town Salem |
#6602, aired 2013-05-07 | EMERSON $3,200 (Daily Double): Emerson helped start this literary movement in New England with his 1836 work "Nature" transcendentalism |
#6591, aired 2013-04-22 | AMERICAN NOVELS $1600: This 1851 novel begins, "Halfway down a by-street of one of our New England towns stands a rusty wooden house" The House of the Seven Gables |
#6587, aired 2013-04-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In 1620 pilgrims established this colony, the first permanent English settlement in New England Plymouth |
#6581, aired 2013-04-08 | GRAPHIC NOVELS $2000: The cover of this 1956 bestseller said it "lifts the lid off a small New England town" Peyton Place |
#6578, aired 2013-04-03 | NORTH CAROLINA $1000: England's first attempt at a colony in the New World was on this North Carolina island in 1585 Roanoke Island |
#6569, aired 2013-03-21 | GEOGRAPHY: DROP A LETTER $800: ...From a New England state & you'll dig deep in this place mine (from Maine) |
#6565, aired 2013-03-15 | TV SHOW SETTINGS $200: "Rizzoli & Isles": solving crime in this New England capital Boston |
#6565, aired 2013-03-15 | SWEET $1000: Sweethearts & wafters come from this company whose name stands in part for "New England" Necco |
#6560, aired 2013-03-08 | PRO SPORTS TEAMS $800: We don't know if they like to "Dance, Dance", but Major League Soccer's team in New England is called this the Revolution |
#6549, aired 2013-02-21 | NAMES IN AMERICAN LORE $200: Born in New England in 1774, he planted his way to central Ohio & beyond Johnny Appleseed |
#6542, aired 2013-02-12 | AMERICAN LIT $1200: "Devon is sometimes considered the most beautiful school in New England" is a line from this John Knowles novel A Separate Peace |
#6517, aired 2013-01-08 | THE 6 NEW ENGLAND STATES $200: The largest in area of the 6 Maine |
#6517, aired 2013-01-08 | THE 6 NEW ENGLAND STATES $400: It features great skiing at Stratton & Stowe Vermont |
#6517, aired 2013-01-08 | THE 6 NEW ENGLAND STATES $800: The submarine USS Portsmouth was commissioned there in 1983 New Hampshire |
#6517, aired 2013-01-08 | THE 6 NEW ENGLAND STATES $1,000 (Daily Double): The 2 whose names come from Native American words Massachusetts and Connecticut |
#6517, aired 2013-01-08 | THE 6 NEW ENGLAND STATES $1000: Jack Reed is one of its senators Rhode Island |
#6507, aired 2012-12-25 | THE PILGRIMS $2000: William & Susanna White gave the first English child born in New England this first name that can mean "pilgrim" Peregrine |
#6493, aired 2012-12-05 | DOUBLE VOWELS $400: Term for either a New England native or Derek Jeter Yankee |
#6451, aired 2012-10-08 | NEW ENGLAND FOLIAGE $400: This tree, seen here in autumn, takes on new importance to Vermont's economy in winter the (sugar) maple tree |
#6451, aired 2012-10-08 | NEW ENGLAND FOLIAGE $800: Maine's forest service says this tree's bark "separates freely and easily into thin, papery sheets" birch |
#6451, aired 2012-10-08 | NEW ENGLAND FOLIAGE $1200: The beech trees of Bellevue Avenue in the mansion district of this Rhode Island city are a symbol of the Gilded Age Newport |
#6451, aired 2012-10-08 | NEW ENGLAND FOLIAGE $1600: G. biloba, this tree, loses all its leaves in about a day, & Dartmouth students bet on what day it'll be each year the gingko tree |
#6451, aired 2012-10-08 | NEW ENGLAND FOLIAGE $2000: Walkers in Boston's Public Garden enjoy the foliage of these trees, sadly vulnerable to a disease elm trees |
#6397, aired 2012-06-12 | THE MAINE COURSE $400: In 1839 Maine's governor declared war on England over a boundary dispute between Maine & what's now this "New" province New Brunswick |
#6372, aired 2012-05-08 | A RELIGIOUS CATEGORY $200: Historian James Adams said this New England religious group was as intolerant as the Inquisition the Puritans |
#6359, aired 2012-04-19 | THE 50 STATES $200: Woonsocket is the sixth-largest city in this New England state Rhode Island |
#6294, aired 2012-01-19 | WHAT'S YOUR BEEF? $800: A New England boiled dinner is traditionally made with this cured deli meat corned beef |
#6291, aired 2012-01-16 | AT WIDE RECEIVER FOR THIS TEAM... $400: 2009: Wes Welker, Randy Moss; they had a pretty good quarterback the New England Patriots |
#6272, aired 2011-12-20 | TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL $2000: The "Angel of Hadley" is said to have saved a New England town during the war with this Indian "King" King Philip |
#6252, aired 2011-11-22 | WHERE YA FROM? $800: This poet who depicted the rural landscape of New England was born in San Francisco in 1874 Robert Frost |
#6237, aired 2011-11-01 | NATIONAL FOOD DAYS $600: Friday or not, January 21 is national New England this day clam chowder |
#6218, aired 2011-10-05 | SPORTS VENUES $400: Prior to becoming the New England Patriots, the Boston Patriots played their home games at this ballpark Fenway Park |
#6208, aired 2011-09-21 | NAME THAT REBELLION $2000: New England, 1786-87:
A former soldier & 1,200 followers versus taxes & foreclosures Shays' Rebellion |
#6203, aired 2011-07-27 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $3,000 (Daily Double): This New England institution is the only one of the Ivy League schools officially called a college Dartmouth College |
#6165, aired 2011-06-03 | TV SHOWS ON THE MAP $2000: Melina Kanakaredes starred in this TV show whose title doubles as a New England capital Providence |
#6145, aired 2011-05-06 | "NEW" IN THE BOOKSTORE $2000: First published in the late 17th Century, it was for 50 years the only elementary school textbook in the American colonies The New England Primer |
#6089, aired 2011-02-17 | THE 50 STATES $1000: It's the only New England state that doesn't have a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean Vermont |
#6069, aired 2011-01-20 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800 (Daily Double): Opened in 1865, this N.E. college was started by a scientist for an increasingly industrialized America MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
#6046, aired 2010-12-20 | ON OUR MONEY $600: $1 bills tell you which Federal Reserve bank issued the bill; "A" represents the district in this New England city Boston |
#6016, aired 2010-11-08 | POETIC PLACES $800: "What troubles you, Yankee phantoms?" asked Whitman in a ballad of this New England city Boston |
#6013, aired 2010-11-03 | ALPHABETICALLY FIRST $400: ...of the New England states Connecticut |
#6011, aired 2010-11-01 | "NEW" GEOGRAPHY $1600: This shipbuilding city is found on England's Tyne river Newcastle |
#6003, aired 2010-10-20 | STATE / COLLEGES $800: New England College & Daniel Webster College New Hampshire |
#6001, aired 2010-10-18 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map of New England on the monitor.) In May 1643, to discourage attacks by the Dutch & others, the United Colonies of New England was formed by 4 Puritan colonies: Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, New Haven & this one Plymouth |
#6001, aired 2010-10-18 | IT'S A MARSHMALLOW WORLD $1000: It's the 13-letter name for a peanut butter & marshmallow creme sandwich, a New England favorite a fluffernutter |
#5980, aired 2010-09-17 | YANKEE MAGAZINE $2000: A 1965 article tells us "He sowed--others reaped" is the epitaph of Ephraim Bull, who first bred this New England grape the Concord grape |
#5975, aired 2010-07-30 | BIRTHQUAKES $1200: "Hard Times", indeed! A giant quake struck New Madrid, Mo. on Feb. 7, 1812, the day this author struck England Charles Dickens |
#5958, aired 2010-07-07 | WHAT'S FOR LUNCH? $600: Pretend it's Friday because I've whipped up the New England style of this soup clam chowder |
#5938, aired 2010-06-09 | 2001: A SPORTS ODYSSEY $1600: This AFC East team went from last to first place on its way to its first Super Bowl title the New England Patriots |
#5899, aired 2010-04-15 | THE 13 COLONIES' NAME ORIGINS $800: What's now this "Granite State" was named for a county in South Central England New Hampshire |
#5843, aired 2010-01-27 | THIS OLD HOUSE 30th ANNIVERSARY $1600: This master carpenter is pure New England & even has the same name as a "Cheers" character Norm Abram |
#5834, aired 2010-01-14 | SOAP OPERAS $600: This alliterative '60s soap about a New England town shot Ryan O'Neal to stardom & came to DVD in 2009 Peyton Place |
#5829, aired 2010-01-07 | THE STATE OF THE STATE $800: Frozen--specifically at Mt. Washington in this New England state, where it was around -47 degrees on Jan. 29, 1934 New Hampshire |
#5824, aired 2009-12-31 | HYPHENATED TERMS $800: A New England pudding is made with this Post product that was once promoted as the "back-to-nature cereal" Grape-Nuts |
#5800, aired 2009-11-27 | ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS $400: In 1723 he became the nominal publisher of the New-England Courant, his brother James' weekly newspaper Benjamin Franklin |
#5765, aired 2009-10-09 | YORKS: OLDE, NEW & DICK $200: The Archbishop of York is second in authority to the Archbishop of this in the Church of England Canterbury |
#5765, aired 2009-10-09 | YORKS: OLDE, NEW & DICK $1000: This Shakespeare title guy, the last Yorkist king of England, was beloved by the people of York Richard III |
#5752, aired 2009-09-22 | U.S. STATES $400: Its dairy industry is the largest in New England Vermont |
#5738, aired 2009-07-15 | THE GREAT STATE OF... $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map of the Northeast on the monitor.) The combined area of all the other New England states would fit inside this largest New England state Maine |
#5728, aired 2009-07-01 | NEW CONGRESSMEN & GOVERNORS $1600: In New England Jeanne Shaheen defeated John Sununu to become this state's first female senator New Hampshire |
#5718, aired 2009-06-17 | POTPOURRI (REALLY) $200: Yankee Scents of New England makes a red, white & blue potpourri named for this holiday Independence Day (the 4th of July) |
#5668, aired 2009-04-08 | 18th CENTURY AMERICA $2000: As a teenager, he wrote essays for a New England newspaper under the female pen name "Silence Dogood" Benjamin Franklin |
#5665, aired 2009-04-03 | THE CLASH $200: Revolution was in the air when clashes began on April 19, 1775 in these 2 New England towns Lexington & Concord |
#5630, aired 2009-02-13 | CANADIAN FOOTBALL $1600: This former Boston College & New England Patriots QB was the CFL's most outstanding player 6 times Doug Flutie |
#5616, aired 2009-01-26 | HISTORIC AMERICA $600: Make a "pilgrim"age to this New England town to visit the 1627 English village re-created there Plymouth |
#5603, aired 2009-01-07 | WHO LIVES WHERE $1600: Pomponian is a word for people from this city in England, not for those from the same-named place in New Hampshire Portsmouth |
#5599, aired 2009-01-01 | HAPPY NEW YEAR $2000: Registering the symbol seen here Jan. 1, 1876 gave this beverage brand England's first trademark Bass Ale |
#5597, aired 2008-12-30 | NEWS RADIO $200: WBZ, based in this New England city, was one of the USA's first commercial radio stations Boston |
#5581, aired 2008-12-08 | TIMELINE 1600S $1600: The Company of 100 Associates was established by this country in 1627 to develop New World interests France |
#5573, aired 2008-11-26 | DEAR JOHN $600: In 1614 this colonist & adventurer made the first English maps of New England John Smith |
#5530, aired 2008-09-26 | THINGS ON NFL HELMETS $400: A soldier with a blue 3-cornered hat & red streaks the New England Patriots |
#5520, aired 2008-09-12 | BROADWAY MUSICAL SETTINGS $800: In "Curtains", it's curtains for a leading lady who ends up dead in this New England city during a pre-Broadway run Boston |
#5511, aired 2008-07-21 | NEW INTERNATIONAL SPORTS TEAMS? $600: England politely applauds this 2-word steak served crosscut into thin slices; rah, indeed, for the... London Broils |
#5501, aired 2008-07-07 | BRIDGES $400: Seen here on a stamp, the USA's longest covered bridge takes you from Vermont to this New England neighbor New Hampshire |
#5498, aired 2008-07-02 | I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE $200: This smallest New England state is known for a specialized shake called a coffee cabinet Rhode Island |
#5492, aired 2008-06-24 | ON YOUR INDONESIA $1200: In 1816 the weather in New England was affected by Tambora, one of these in what's now Indonesia volcano |
#5474, aired 2008-05-29 | NUMBERS $200: States in present-day New England 6 |
#5459, aired 2008-05-08 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $400: Before she was First Lady, this woman from New England was the wife of the first U.S. vice president Abigail Adams |
#5457, aired 2008-05-06 | FEED ME! $800: They're the geographic names for the 2 most popular styles of clam chowder Manhattan & New England |
#5445, aired 2008-04-18 | NATIVE AMERICANS $2000: This "royal" Wampanoag leader fought a 1675-76 war against colonists in what was New England's worst Indian war King Philip |
#5388, aired 2008-01-30 | POP QUIZ $800: 1978's "Don't Look Back" was the follow-up to this New England band's hit debut album Boston |
#5277, aired 2007-07-17 | U.S. SENATORS $2000: Former Homeland Security Committee Chairperson Susan Collins represents this New England state Maine |
#5263, aired 2007-06-27 | HODGEPODGE $1200: This New England state was the first admitted to the Union after the original 13 colonies Vermont |
#5206, aired 2007-04-09 | SOUNDS LIKE MERRIE OLDE ENGLAND $1200: This largest city in New Hampshire is "united" in being a leading financial & manufacturing center Manchester |
#5191, aired 2007-03-19 | ORIGINAL PRANKSTA $800: In the 1790s a sensation gripped England when William Ireland revealed a "new" play by this man titled "Vortigern" Shakespeare |
#5178, aired 2007-02-28 | YOU WROTE IT $2,000 (Daily Double): It's Edith Wharton's tragic novel of a New England farmer who falls in love with his wife's cousin Ethan Frome |
#5175, aired 2007-02-23 | U.S. CITIES $600: This New England town's famous "cottages" are actually lavish mansions such as Belcourt Castle & Marble House Newport |
#5170, aired 2007-02-16 | U.S.A. $800: A conservatory of music in Boston is named for this 6-state region New England |
#5138, aired 2007-01-03 | WEEKEND IN NEW ENGLAND $200: This Vermont capital's Winooski River offers excellent canoeing & fishing Montpelier |
#5138, aired 2007-01-03 | WEEKEND IN NEW ENGLAND $400: The grave of witchcraft trial Judge John Hathorne is in the Burying Point, this city's oldest cemetery Salem |
#5138, aired 2007-01-03 | WEEKEND IN NEW ENGLAND $600: This state is home to America's oldest standing synagogue, the Touro Synagogue in Newport Rhode Island |
#5138, aired 2007-01-03 | WEEKEND IN NEW ENGLAND $800: Boston Harbor is the mouth of this river that flows through Cambridge, Massachusetts Charles River |
#5138, aired 2007-01-03 | WEEKEND IN NEW ENGLAND $2,000 (Daily Double): This highest peak in New Hampshire's presidential range occasionally can be seen from the Atlantic Ocean Mount Washington |
#5129, aired 2006-12-21 | CHRISTMAS HISTORY $600 (Daily Double): This movement banned Christmas in England & New England in the 1600s, arguing it was a secular holiday Puritan movement |
#5129, aired 2006-12-21 | FIRE WHEN READY $800: 491 perished when the Coconut Grove nightclub caught fire in this New England capital city in 1942 Boston |
#5122, aired 2006-12-12 | POETS & POETRY $400: Though born in San Francisco, he is best known for his verse dealing with New England life, as in "North of Boston" Robert Frost |
#5092, aired 2006-10-31 | GOING TO THE DOGS $1,000 (Daily Double): This cutie from New England is one of the few breeds to originate in the United States the Boston terrier |
#5047, aired 2006-07-18 | BROADWAY GEOGRAPHY $200: (Jon of the Clue Crew reads from a castle rampart in the Shubert Theatre, New York.) In "Spamalot" the year is 932 A.D., & most of the action takes place in this Merrie Olde country England |
#5041, aired 2006-07-10 | STUPID ANSWERS $400: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from a waterfront.) This New England city got its name in the 1650s because its citizens said, "We're at the river's mouth, and our port is as good as any" Portsmouth |
#5033, aired 2006-06-28 | FAMOUS AMERICANS' HOMES $1600: New England's Inn on Covered Bridge Green was once this artist's home, & it would fit into his work Norman Rockwell |
#4995, aired 2006-05-05 | CAT $1600: America's only natural breed of domestic feline is the large "coon cat" from this New England state Maine |
#4982, aired 2006-04-18 | STATE OF DISASTER $600: In 1953 Worcester County saw one of the worst tornadoes in the history of this New England state Massachusetts |
#4945, aired 2006-02-24 | ALIAS SMITH & JONES $2000: In 1624 he wrote "The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles" John Smith |
#4944, aired 2006-02-23 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $800: Founded in 1843 in Worcester, it's the oldest Catholic college in New England Holy Cross |
#4932, aired 2006-02-07 | TRAVEL FUN $200: Follow the Pilgrim Path to see the sites of this New England city (yep, it really "Rock"s) Plymouth |
#4888, aired 2005-12-07 | A BARRY MANILOW SONGBOOK $1200: "When will our eyes meet? When can I touch you? When will this strong yearning end" "Weekend In New England" |
#4864, aired 2005-11-03 | BASIC TRAIN-ING $1200: Riding the Mount Washington Cog Railway has thrilled folks in this New England State since 1869 New Hampshire |
#4863, aired 2005-11-02 | BEFORE & AFTER $3,000 (Daily Double): Dutch-born king who ruled England jointly with Mary II & is a tasty New Zealand fish William of Orange roughy |
#4862, aired 2005-11-01 | NAME THE YEAR $600: The Pilgrims who survived the first winter celebrated New England's first Thanksgiving in this year 1621 |
#4854, aired 2005-10-20 | HOME PAGES $1,000 (Daily Double): This novel begins, "Half-way down a by-street of one of our New England towns, stands a rusty wooden house..." The House of the Seven Gables |
#4850, aired 2005-10-14 | GEOGRAPHY $600: Hartford is the capital of this New England state Connecticut |
#4803, aired 2005-06-22 | POPULATIONS $800 (Daily Double): This New England state has the smallest population of any state east of the Mississippi River Vermont |
#4758, aired 2005-04-20 | JOLLY ROGER $800: The New England university named for this man is seen here Roger Williams |
#4756, aired 2005-04-18 | 1970s POP MUSIC $400: In this hit Barry Manilow sings that "Time in New England took me away, to long rocky beaches & you by the bay" "Weekend In New England" |
#4743, aired 2005-03-30 | ART & ARTISTS $1200: This New England painter once said, "Never put more than two waves in a picture; it's fussy" (Winslow) Homer |
#4737, aired 2005-03-22 | YANKEE MAGAZINE $800: Yankee profiled "New England's greatest invention"--this one created in a restaurant on a Mass. toll road the Toll House cookie |
#4737, aired 2005-03-22 | YANKEE MAGAZINE $1600: A cautionary 1994 story listed 115 people who had perished on this, New England's highest mountain Washington |
#4733, aired 2005-03-16 | "C" IN COOKING $200: Emeril puts bacon, leeks & chunks of potatoes in his Fall River version of this New England soup clam chowder |
#4713, aired 2005-02-16 | CATS $800: The largest domestic cat, it originated in New England & resembles a raccoon a Maine Coon |
#4704, aired 2005-02-03 | ANNUAL EVENTS $1600: Patriots' Day, a New England holiday, honors the clashes in these 2 towns on April 19, 1775 Lexington & Concord |
#4698, aired 2005-01-26 | TEENS AT WORK $600: In the 1720s at age 16, this statesman & inventor wrote popular articles for the New England Courant newspaper Benjamin Franklin |
#4637, aired 2004-11-03 | BEFORE I WAS ELECTED $1000: Senator Lincoln Chafee of this New England state spent 7 years as a blacksmith at racetracks in the U.S. & Canada Rhode Island |
#4634, aired 2004-10-28 | STATE-LY HOMES $2000: This northerly New England state is where you'll find Robert Peary's summer home, Eagle Island Maine |
#4608, aired 2004-09-22 | METER MAIDS $1200: This lady from an old New England family wrote "A Lady", which says, "You are beautiful and faded, like an old opera tune" (Amy) Lowell |
#4606, aired 2004-09-20 | POLITICIANS $1600: Currently, this senator from New England is the only declared independent in the U.S. Senate Jim Jeffords |
#4598, aired 2004-09-08 | TALL BUILDINGS $400: If a chunk of this New England city's Travelers Tower falls on you, we're confident they're insured Hartford, Connecticut |
#4584, aired 2004-07-08 | THE 50 STATES $400: Of the New England states, Vermont is the least populous; this is the smallest in area Rhode Island |
#4574, aired 2004-06-24 | NEW YORK GOVERNORS $2000: While in England negotiating a 1794 treaty, this Chief Justice was elected New York's second governor John Jay |
#4522, aired 2004-04-13 | "NEW" PLACES $400: In England there are towns called this upon Tyne & under-Lyme Newcastle |
#4508, aired 2004-03-24 | PLANTS & FLOWERS $2000: You don't have to go to New England to see this plant; lots of American homes have one Boston Fern |
#4505, aired 2004-03-19 | FOOD AROUND THE USA $200: A big copper pot called a chaudiere is the source of the name of this New England soup chowder |
#4498, aired 2004-03-10 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL $1200: (Hi, I'm Matt Hasselbeck of the NFL) I was a 4-year letterman & 2-year starter at quarterback when I soared for this New England college's Eagles Boston College |
#4495, aired 2004-03-05 | WHERE AM I? $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew) I'm in this New England state, the U.S.A.'s largest producer of maple syrup Vermont |
#4453, aired 2004-01-07 | STUPID ANSWERS $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew in Stratford-upon-Avon, England) Although only its foundations remain today, in 1597 Shakespeare bought a new place in Stratford called this New Place |
#4448, aired 2003-12-31 | BRANDS $4,600 (Daily Double): It's what the NE stands for in NECCO, a confectionery company headquartered in Massachusetts New England |
#4442, aired 2003-12-23 | AMERICAN REGIONAL CUISINE $800: The starch in this traditional ingredient helps give New England clam chowder its body potato |
#4423, aired 2003-11-26 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $400: Named for the place in England, the name of this New Hampshire city means "the mouth of the port" Portsmouth |
#4414, aired 2003-11-13 | HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents) Bartholomew Gosnold named this New England island in 1602 for its grapes; the woman's identity is unclear Martha's Vineyard |
#4414, aired 2003-11-13 | HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND $400: This large and historic family began vacationing on Cape Cod in the 1920s the Kennedys |
#4414, aired 2003-11-13 | HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND $600: Bellows Falls, Vermont was the site of America's first of these, later superceded by railroads canals |
#4414, aired 2003-11-13 | HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND $1,000 (Daily Double): The Revolutionary War British victory at Fort Griswold, Conn. was led by this General who'd grown up nearby Benedict Arnold |
#4414, aired 2003-11-13 | HISTORIC NEW ENGLAND $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from Providence, Rhode Island) This rare Bible is the one John Elliot translated in the 1660s into this language, spoken by the Indians of Massachusetts Algonquian |
#4409, aired 2003-11-06 | WHERE AM I? $2000: (Video of Sofia in a boat.) I'm just off this New England city, looking at its Head Light, one of the USA's oldest operating lighthouses Portland, Maine |
#4368, aired 2003-09-10 | EDUCATION $200: The New England Primer used in colonial America included this, which begins, "Our Father, which art in heaven" "The Lord's Prayer" |
#4359, aired 2003-07-10 | ENGLAND $1,000 (Daily Double): The new flag this king introduced in 1606 combined the crosses of Saints Andrew & George James I (also known as James VI of Scotland) |
#4330, aired 2003-05-30 | POETS & POETRY $400: Almost all of the poetry of this "New England Mystic" was first published after her death in 1886 Emily Dickinson |
#4329, aired 2003-05-29 | "C.C." SENOR! $400: This peninsula in southeastern Massachusetts is one of the prime tourist destinations in New England Cape Cod |
#4320, aired 2003-05-16 | OVER CASTE $1200: A term for a member of the New England cultural elite, it's also the name of the highest Hindu caste Brahmins |
#4292, aired 2003-04-08 | TEATIME $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew in London) Tea was still new to England when he had his first cup & wrote about it in his diary, September 25, 1660 Samuel Pepys |
#4287, aired 2003-04-01 | ODE TO ENGLAND $800: Headquarters was needed for Peel's new police force & this place was chosen as a matter of course Scotland Yard |
#4259, aired 2003-02-20 | PUBLICATIONS $1000: Published by the Massachusetts Medical Society, its roots go back to 1812 New England Journal of Medicine |
#4247, aired 2003-02-04 | SPORTS & FITNESS $1600: Appropriately, red, white & blue are the team colors of this NFL team based in Massachusetts New England Patriots |
#4238, aired 2003-01-22 | ONE WORD OR TWO $1200: Ordinary; or, a spot on a New England town square commonplace/common place |
#4213, aired 2002-12-18 | JULIA ROBERTS FILM FEST $1600: In her first major role, Julia served up Italian food New England style in this movie Mystic Pizza |
#4194, aired 2002-11-21 | TRAVEL USA $1200: A midnight trip to this Freeport, Maine retailer founded in 1912 is a tradition for college students in New England L.L. Bean |
#4166, aired 2002-10-14 | BREWERS $800: Although most of the ingredients come from old England, Tremont Ale is brewed in this New England city Boston |
#4163, aired 2002-10-09 | YOU'RE SCARING ME $1000: Jonathan Edwards literally scared the hell out of New England with this "angry" 1741 sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" |
#4151, aired 2002-09-23 | NO. 1 IN THE NFL DRAFT $1200: 1993 by New England:
this quarterback Drew Bledsoe |
#4146, aired 2002-09-16 | STATE CAPITALS $400: No beans about it, this capital is the largest city in New England Boston |
#4144, aired 2002-09-12 | '90s MOVIE LINES $600: 1999:
"Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England" The Cider House Rules |
#4129, aired 2002-07-11 | WHAT'S "NEW"? $800: In February 2002 this NFL team's Foxboro stadium was demolished the New England Patriots |
#4112, aired 2002-06-18 | THE 1960s $800: In 1968 Tony Curtis gave a startling film performance as this title New England killer Boston Strangler |
#4090, aired 2002-05-17 | NEW ENGLAND $200: Hartford & Bridgeport are important cities in this state Connecticut |
#4090, aired 2002-05-17 | NEW ENGLAND $400: In 1670 Dorothy Jones received the first license to sell coffee in this current state capital Boston |
#4090, aired 2002-05-17 | NEW ENGLAND $600: The official name of this state includes the phrase "and Providence Plantations" Rhode Island |
#4090, aired 2002-05-17 | NEW ENGLAND $800: Nicknamed "The Pine Tree State", it became the 23rd state in 1820 after separating from Massachusetts Maine |
#4090, aired 2002-05-17 | NEW ENGLAND $1000: These "colorful" mountains in New Hampshire are named for their snow-capped peaks White Mountains |
#4080, aired 2002-05-03 | YOUR FEMININE SIDE $600: Completes the title of a 1977 play, also Victorian advice to new brides, "Shut Your Eyes and..." Think of England |
#4071, aired 2002-04-22 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $400: Providence is the second-most populous city in New England; this city is first Boston |
#4065, aired 2002-04-12 | AMERICANA $800: The Burnham & morrill company of Portland, Maine bakes these New England faves in huge brick ovens baked beans |
#4016, aired 2002-02-04 | STATES OF THE UNION $400: "Yankee Doodle" is the dandy state song of this New England "Nutmeg State" Connecticut |
#4015, aired 2002-02-01 | THE NEAREST U.S. EMBASSY $600: If you're in Christchurch Wellington (or London) |
#4008, aired 2002-01-23 | ON THE ROAD WITH JEOPARDY! $1600: In 1998 "Jeopardy!" shows 3261-3270 came from the capital of this New England commonwealth Massachusetts |
#4003, aired 2002-01-16 | CORRECTION! $1200: Patricia Smith apologized for attributing quotes to made-up people in this New England daily Boston Globe |
#3980, aired 2001-12-14 | DESCRIBING THE SITCOM $1000: Man buys a New England inn, has 3 next door neighbors but only one ever speaks Newhart |
#3980, aired 2001-12-14 | BE FRUITFUL $1200: Early New England colonists sang about eating this gourd morning & noon, & not just in October pumpkins |
#3969, aired 2001-11-29 | U.S. REGIONS $400: A classic 1936 book about the literary peak of Boston & Concord was called "The Flowering of" this area New England |
#3959, aired 2001-11-15 | CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $800: She set her 1862 novel "The Pearl of Orr's Island" in New England, not in the South Harriet Beecher Stowe |
#3934, aired 2001-10-11 | HOW SUITE IT IS $1000: He got around: he wrote suites for Mississippi, Hollywood, New England &, of course, the Grand Canyon Ferde Grofe |
#3875, aired 2001-06-08 | MAY FLOWERS $1,200 (Daily Double): This New England novelist died in May 1864, as the plant with the same-sounding name was blooming Nathaniel Hawthorne |
#3868, aired 2001-05-30 | THE KINGS OF ENGLAND $800: Soon after the restoration, he gave a huge chunk of America to the Duke of York to do something new with it Charles II |
#3862, aired 2001-05-22 | NUTS! $500: The New England Journal of Medicine reports this nut, including the English or Persian type, can help your heart Walnut |
#3847, aired 2001-05-01 | THEATRE $300: "Inappropriate" is a hit teen musical created at the DeSisto School in Stockbridge in this New England state Massachusetts |
#3826, aired 2001-04-02 | EARLY AMERICA $200: After a 1614 voyage along America's northeast coast, John Smith gave the area this name, which is still used New England |
#3825, aired 2001-03-30 | WHAT'S COOKIN'? $200: The traditional meat in a New England boiled dinner, it's made by curing brisket in a seasoned brine Corned beef |
#3800, aired 2001-02-23 | LITERATURE $200: This quintessential New Englander published his first book of poems, "A Boy's Will", while living in England in 1913 Robert Frost |
#3796, aired 2001-02-19 | THE ARTS THE NEW YORK TIMES $200: The 100th birthday of this New England city's Symphony Hall inspired the line "A plain home with a sense of place" Boston |
#3757, aired 2000-12-26 | MUSEUMS $400: There's a New England pirate museum in this Massachusetts city, as well as a witch museum Salem |
#3755, aired 2000-12-22 | THE 50 STATES $500: Of the states bordering an ocean, this New England state has the shortest coastline, 13 miles New Hampshire |
#3752, aired 2000-12-19 | THAT'S SOUP-ER $200: It's the geographic name for tomato-based clam chowder Manhattan |
#3730, aired 2000-11-17 | A NUMBER FROM 1 TO 10 $400: States in present-day New England 6 |
#3722, aired 2000-11-07 | TV SETTINGS $200: In a current show residents of this New England city include Dr. Sydney Hansen & her father Jim, a veterinarian Providence |
#3715, aired 2000-10-27 | HOSPITALS $400: This Harvard Med School teaching hospital is the oldest & largest general hospital in New England Massachusetts General Hospital |
#3713, aired 2000-10-25 | HAWTHORNE IN YOUR SIDE $1,500 (Daily Double): This novel begins, "Half-way down a by-street of one of our New England towns, stands a rusty wooden house..." The House of the Seven Gables |
#3711, aired 2000-10-23 | STATE CAPITALS $500: A synonym for this New England state capital could be what's symbolized by the sign here
[Deer Crossing] Hartford, Connecticut |
#3702, aired 2000-10-10 | THE INC.-UISITION $200: The rhyming New England chain Stop & do this is mentioned in the classic song "Roadrunner" Shop |
#3672, aired 2000-07-18 | WORST OF THE FIRSTS $400: The first serious epidemic of this "diminutive" disease in New England began in 1616 & was very hard on Native Americans smallpox |
#3657, aired 2000-06-27 | LORRAINE CHECK $200: In 1984 Lorraine Moller of New Zealand won this New England city's grueling marathon Boston |
#3641, aired 2000-06-05 | ALL-AMERICAN FOOD $100: On Fridays many people like to chow down on this thick, creamy style of clam chowder New England clam chowder |
#3627, aired 2000-05-16 | STATE BORDERS $1000: The Connecticut River forms the border of these 2 New England states north of Connecticut New Hampshire & Vermont |
#3560, aired 2000-02-11 | U.S. STATE NAMES $800: In 1629 Captain John Mason named it for his home county in England New Hampshire |
#3550, aired 2000-01-28 | THE NFL'S STAR QUARTERBACKS $500: Drew Bledsoe New England Patriots |
#3528, aired 1999-12-29 | THE FRENCH & INDIAN WARS $100: In the 1763 Treaty of Paris France ceded to England all its land east of the Mississippi, except for this city New Orleans |
#3504, aired 1999-11-25 | THE PILGRIMS $1000: The first English child born in New England, he was born in December 1620 aboard the Mayflower off Massachusetts Peregrine White |
#3484, aired 1999-10-28 | NOTORIOUS $400: New England criminal seen here in 1973 with some of the jewelry, including chokers, he made in prison: Albert DeSalvo ("The Boston Strangler") |
#3473, aired 1999-10-13 | AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In 1814 & 1815 New England leaders took part in the Hartford Convention to discuss opposition to this war War of 1812 |
#3423, aired 1999-06-23 | MAFIA FAMILY TIES $800: Raymond Patriarca, a Rhode Island vending machine businessman, controlled the mob in this 6-state area for decades New England |
#3420, aired 1999-06-18 | PRO STADIUMS & ARENAS $300: Foxboro Stadium the New England Patriots |
#3411, aired 1999-06-07 | CHICKEN $500: A major meat-producing chicken breed shares its name with this New England landmark Plymouth Rock |
#3386, aired 1999-05-03 | CALL ME SMITTY $200: In 1614 he returned to America & led an expedition that explored & mapped the coast of New England John Smith |
#3354, aired 1999-03-18 | POET-TREE $300: "So was I once myself a swinger of birches; and so I dream of going back to be", wrote this New England poet Robert Frost |
#3339, aired 1999-02-25 | 30-SECOND THEATER $400: Daily life in a New England village: couple marries; woman dies in childbirth; cemetery's dead speak Our Town |
#3306, aired 1999-01-11 | STATE CAPITAL NICKNAMES $600: It's New England's "City Beautiful" as well as the "Insurance City" Hartford |
#3264, aired 1998-11-12 | "NEW" ENGLAND $200: Of the USA's 4 "New" states, it has the smallest population New Hampshire |
#3264, aired 1998-11-12 | "NEW" ENGLAND $400: Tennis Hall of Fame, anyone? It's located in this seaside city in Rhode Island Newport |
#3264, aired 1998-11-12 | "NEW" ENGLAND $600: This Massachusetts city on Buzzards Bay was a major whaling port in the 19th century New Bedford |
#3264, aired 1998-11-12 | "NEW" ENGLAND $800: A popular cookie shares part of its name with this city that was originally part of Cambridge, Massachusetts Newton |
#3264, aired 1998-11-12 | "NEW" ENGLAND $1,400 (Daily Double): Edward Lear could tell you this small Maine town bears the name of an Irish seaport on the Shannon River New Limerick |
#3240, aired 1998-10-09 | BARRY MANILOW $500: Geographic title of Barry's song that says, "When can I touch you... when will I hold you again" "Weekend In New England" |
#3240, aired 1998-10-09 | 1980s LIT $600: This John Updike novel of 1984 had women set for a spell in New England "The Witches Of Eastwick" |
#3240, aired 1998-10-09 | THE 50 STATES $1000: We "hope" you know that the flag seen here belongs to this New England state Rhode Island |
#3231, aired 1998-09-28 | "DOWN" THE HATCH $300: The New England Primer popularized the bedtime prayer beginning with this line "Now I lay me down to sleep..." |
#3224, aired 1998-09-17 | OLD FARMERS $400: In 1912 he sold his Derry farm (Derry, New Hampshire) & moved to England to write poetry Robert Frost |
#3191, aired 1998-06-15 | CONVENTIONS $200: New England Federalists convened in Hartford in 1814 to denounce this war War of 1812 |
#3147, aired 1998-04-14 | OLD YORK $400: Alas, poor York! It was burned by this new ruler of England in the 11th century William the Conqueror |
#3139, aired 1998-04-02 | STATE CAPITALS $500: The Prudential Center Skywalk provides spectacular views of this New England capital Boston |
#3113, aired 1998-02-25 | THE MAINE ATTRACTION $1000: It's the only National Park in all of New England Acadia |
#3095, aired 1998-01-30 | WORLD WAR II $800: In the midst of the Potsdam Conference, this man became England's new prime minister (Clement) Attlee |
#3085, aired 1998-01-16 | U.S PLACE NAMES $200: A city near L.A. is named for this novelist from New England; wonder how many "scarlet" women live there (Nathaniel) Hawthorne |
#3071, aired 1997-12-29 | AMERICAN CUISINE $400: A favorite in New England, red flannel hash gets its color from these red veggies Beets |
#3066, aired 1997-12-22 | BOOKS ON SPORTS $500: This one-time coach of the New England Patriots discusses leadership in "Finding a Way to Win" Bill Parcells |
#3062, aired 1997-12-16 | NOTABLE WOMEN $200: Coretta Scott met this future husband while at the New England Conservatory of Music Martin Luther King Jr. |
#3058, aired 1997-12-10 | AROUND THE U.S.A. $800: Now the second largest, Nashua is predicted to become this New England state's largest city by the year 2000 New Hampshire |
#3041, aired 1997-11-17 | EURONEWS $800: In 1997 Tony Blair's new government gave this bank control of interest rates Central Bank of England |
#3034, aired 1997-11-06 | SUPER ATHLETES $1,000 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Reggie White.) In Super Bowl XXXI, I sacked this team's quarterback, Drew Bledsoe, 3 times, setting a Super Bowl record the New England Patriots |
#3031, aired 1997-11-03 | "CROSS"TALK $800: Founded in 1843, it's the oldest Catholic college in New England Holy Cross |
#3007, aired 1997-09-30 | NOVELS' FIRST LINES $800: "Half-way down a by-street of one of our New England towns, stands a rusty wooden house..." The House Of The Seven Gables |
#2993, aired 1997-09-10 | FROM SOUP TO NUTS $100: Manhattan & New England-style are 2 varieties of this soup clam chowder |
#2984, aired 1997-07-17 | U.S. CITIES $1000: This New Hampshire city is New England's largest north of Boston Manchester |
#2978, aired 1997-07-09 | U.S.A. $500: The Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival is an annual event in this New England state Massachusetts |
#2973, aired 1997-07-02 | NEW WAVE MUSIC $500: This group from Sheffield, England topped the U.S. charts with 1982's "Don't You Want Me" The Human League |
#2970, aired 1997-06-27 | ANNUAL EVENTS $600: On or about April 19, Maine & this other New England state celebrate Patriot's Day Massachusetts |
#2929, aired 1997-05-01 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: In area, this New England state roughly equals Vermont, N.H., Connecticut & Massachusetts combined Maine |
#2922, aired 1997-04-22 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: This New England school is known as M.I.T. for short Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
#2913, aired 1997-04-09 | HIGH SCHOOLS $500: New England's Deerfield Academy, Phillips Academy & Groton are noted schools of this type Preparatory schools |
#2900, aired 1997-03-21 | AMERICAN MUSEUMS $500: If you're crazy about quilts, you'll enjoy the New England Quilt Museum in Lowell in this state Massachusetts |
#2891, aired 1997-03-10 | NEWSPAPERS $1,000 (Daily Double): This paper has the largest Sunday circulation in New England The Boston Globe |
#2888, aired 1997-03-05 | NEW ENGLAND $200: In Connecticut broad leaf & shade types of this plant are grown for use as cigar wrappers tobacco |
#2888, aired 1997-03-05 | NEW ENGLAND $400: Providence sits at the head of this Rhode Island bay, a natural harbor Narragansett Bay |
#2888, aired 1997-03-05 | NEW ENGLAND $600: In the early 18th century the sperm oil trade originated on this island 25 miles south of Cape Cod Nantucket |
#2888, aired 1997-03-05 | NEW ENGLAND $800: The Transcendental Club met at the Concord home where this essayist lived 1835-1882 Emerson |
#2888, aired 1997-03-05 | NEW ENGLAND $1000: This highest peak in New Hampshire is sometimes visible from the Atlantic Ocean 75 miles away Mount Washington |
#2881, aired 1997-02-24 | MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER $100: The New England Revolution's red, white & blue logo resembles one of these American symbols The American Flag |
#2880, aired 1997-02-21 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $100: When visiting this New England capital, stop at Charlestown Navy Yard to see "Old Ironsides" Boston |
#2872, aired 1997-02-11 | U.S. CITY NICKNAMES $200: Among the sobriquets used for this city are "Witchcraft City" & the "Paradise of New England" Salem, Massachusetts |
#2852, aired 1997-01-14 | U.S. CITIES $400: The Wax Museum of Witches and Seafarers opened in this New England city in 1993 Salem, Massachusetts |
#2838, aired 1996-12-25 | CONTINENTAL CONGRESSMEN $100: The Conway Cabal, a New England congressional group, plotted to oust this man as commander-in-chief George Washington |
#2833, aired 1996-12-18 | U.S. MUSEUMS $1000: The Fogg, Busch-Reisinger & Arthur M. Sackler Art Museums belong to this New England university Harvard |
#2825, aired 1996-12-06 | ANNUAL EVENTS $500: The Tanglewood Music Festival is a summer highlight in Lenox in this New England state Massachusetts |
#2814, aired 1996-11-21 | "C" CREATURES $100: They're integral to New England & Manhattan-style chowder clams |
#2808, aired 1996-11-13 | STATE CAPITALS $200: This Massachusetts capital is the most populous city in New England Boston |
#2805, aired 1996-11-08 | HISTORIANS $200: In 1922 James Truslow Adams' "The Founding of New England" won the fifth of these prizes given for history Pulitzer |
#2759, aired 1996-09-05 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: It's the southernmost of the New England states Connecticut |
#2742, aired 1996-07-02 | U.S. LAKES $400: Once called Lac du Saint Sacrement, this New York lake was renamed for England's king in 1755 Lake George |
#2738, aired 1996-06-26 | THE MOVIES $500: Theodore Bikel's Soviet submarine gets stuck off the coast of New England in this 1966 comedy The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming |
#2730, aired 1996-06-14 | STATE CAPITALS $500: This city in the Green Mountains is home to the New England Culinary Institute Montpelier |
#2726, aired 1996-06-10 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $600: Bates College, located in Lewiston in this state, was the 1st coeducational college in New England Maine |
#2721, aired 1996-06-03 | THE PLYMOUTH COLONY $800: In 1691 the Plymouth Colony & other New England colonies were absorbed into this colony the Massachusetts Bay Colony |
#2712, aired 1996-05-21 | RECLUSIVE AUTHORS $400: This New England poet wrote more than a third of her poems during the 1860s Emily Dickinson |
#2690, aired 1996-04-19 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: Holy Cross in Worcester in this state is the oldest Roman Catholic college in New England Massachusetts |
#2690, aired 1996-04-19 | WORLD "C"ITIES $1000: This New Zealand city was founded in 1850 by the Canterbury Association, an Anglican group from England Christchurch |
#2688, aired 1996-04-17 | NEWSPAPERS $200: This Boston daily has New England's highest circulation at about 500,000 the (Boston) Globe |
#2682, aired 1996-04-09 | INSECTS $800: Introduced circa 1868 in New England, this destructive moth has been found in the western U.S. Gypsy Moth |
#2674, aired 1996-03-28 | LIBRARIES $200: In 1854 this New England capital opened the first major free public library in the U.S. Boston |
#2672, aired 1996-03-26 | COOKING $300: This classic kind of clam chowder contains tomatoes; New England clam chowder doesn't Manhattan |
#2669, aired 1996-03-21 | MEDICINE $800: This medical magazine published in Waltham, Massachusetts was founded in 1812 The New England Journal of Medicine |
#2648, aired 1996-02-21 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $400: Made famous by a Julia Roberts film, Mystic Pizza is located in Mystic in this New England state Connecticut |
#2635, aired 1996-02-02 | CALENDARS $800: Browntrout offers calendars of these coastal structures from New England, the Pacific & the Great Lakes Lighthouses |
#2605, aired 1995-12-22 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $500 (Daily Double): Mount Washington in this state's Presidential Range is New England's highest New Hampshire |
#2592, aired 1995-12-05 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $200: The staff of James Franklin's New England Courant included this man, his younger brother Benjamin Franklin |
#2582, aired 1995-11-21 | U.S. STATES $400: This New England state is about as large as the other five New England states combined Maine |
#2570, aired 1995-11-03 | WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT $600: From 1985 to 1991 Swiss-born Madeleine Kunin was governor of this New England state Vermont |
#2565, aired 1995-10-27 | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS $800: Part of his 1920s play "Strange Interlude" takes place in a small university town in New England Eugene O'Neill |
#2560, aired 1995-10-20 | TRANSPORTATION $400: This New England state's largest airport serves the city of Manchester New Hampshire |
#2559, aired 1995-10-19 | FAMOUS NAMES $200: For a time this 1st signer of the Declaration of Independence was the wealthiest merchant in New England John Hancock |
#2548, aired 1995-10-04 | U.S. STATES $600: Of the 6 New England states, it's the one farthest east Maine |
#2543, aired 1995-09-27 | WOMEN $800: In 1868 this author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" co-founded the New England Woman Suffrage Assoc. Julia Ward Howe |
#2538, aired 1995-09-20 | POETRY $400: This 4-time Pulitzer Prize winner was called "The Voice of New England" Robert Frost |
#2526, aired 1995-09-04 | NEW ENGLAND HODGEPODGE $200: The first use of artificial rain to fight a forest fire was in 1947 near Concord in this "Granite State" New Hampshire |
#2526, aired 1995-09-04 | NEW ENGLAND HODGEPODGE $400: Anne Whitney, a self-taught artist from this state, sculpted the statue of Samuel Adams for the U.S. Capitol Massachusetts |
#2526, aired 1995-09-04 | NEW ENGLAND HODGEPODGE $500 (Daily Double): Hammersmith Farm, the Auchincloss family's Newport, R.I. home, was the site of this couple's 1953 wedding reception Jack (John) & Jackie Kennedy |
#2526, aired 1995-09-04 | NEW ENGLAND HODGEPODGE $800: Rockland, the "Schooner Capital of" this state, celebrates Schooner Days once a year Maine |
#2526, aired 1995-09-04 | NEW ENGLAND HODGEPODGE $1000: This state has the lowest population east of the Mississippi River Vermont |
#2506, aired 1995-06-26 | NEW ENGLAND TRIVIA $100: Thomas Hooker & his congregation settled at this Connecticut capital in 1636 Hartford |
#2506, aired 1995-06-26 | NEW ENGLAND TRIVIA $200: The first U.S. school for this sport opened in 1929 in the White Mountains skiing |
#2506, aired 1995-06-26 | NEW ENGLAND TRIVIA $300: For a while Robert Frost taught school in this state's town of Derry New Hampshire |
#2506, aired 1995-06-26 | NEW ENGLAND TRIVIA $400: In 1636 Roger Williams settled among these Indians who gave their name to a bay Narragansett |
#2506, aired 1995-06-26 | NEW ENGLAND TRIVIA $500: This state produces 99% of the USA's wild blueberries Maine |
#2503, aired 1995-06-21 | SOUNDS $300: This sound provides the southern border of the region called New England Long Island Sound |
#2499, aired 1995-06-15 | POTPOURRI $1000: Yankee & the Old Farmer's Almanac are published in Dublin in this New England state New Hampshire |
#2498, aired 1995-06-14 | PARKS $200: New England National Park isn't in the U.S., but in New South Wales in this country Australia |
#2495, aired 1995-06-09 | TV TRIVIA $400: In the 1960s David Canary & Ruth Warrick of "All My Children" acted in this evening soap set in New England Peyton Place |
#2488, aired 1995-05-31 | POETS $200: This New England poet published his first major collection, "A Boy's Will", while living in Old England Robert Frost |
#2438, aired 1995-03-22 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $800: An Acadian village of 16 reconstructed buildings can be seen in Van Buren in this New England state Maine |
#2421, aired 1995-02-27 | IT'S THE BERRIES $600: New England Indians made their pemmican with these bog berries cranberries |
#2410, aired 1995-02-10 | OPERA $600: Douglas Moore wrote an acclaimed opera about "The Devil and" this New England orator Daniel Webster |
#2409, aired 1995-02-09 | BEVERAGES $500: To get one of these thick, sweet dairy drinks in New England, ask for a frappe or a cabinet a milkshake |
#2407, aired 1995-02-07 | FIRST LINES $800: "Half-way down a by-street of one of our New England towns, stands a rusty wooden house..." The House of the Seven Gables |
#2388, aired 1995-01-11 | GEOGRAPHY $500: The Norwalk Islands lie off Norwalk in this New England state Connecticut |
#2360, aired 1994-12-02 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $400: The Martian invasion in this 1898 work takes place in Woking, England, not New Jersey The War of the Worlds |
#2350, aired 1994-11-18 | HISTORIC NAMES $3,000 (Daily Double): This Jamestown settler was the first to make English maps of Virginia & New England John Smith |
#2336, aired 1994-10-31 | STATE CAPITALS $400: This city is the site of the Federal Reserve Bank serving most of New England Boston |
#2332, aired 1994-10-25 | U.S.A. $1,300 (Daily Double): This capital is the home of the 527' Travelers Tower, one of New England's tallest structures Hartford |
#2323, aired 1994-10-12 | U.S.A. $500: Of states bordering the Atlantic Ocean, this New England state has the shortest coastline, 13 miles New Hampshire |
#2316, aired 1994-10-03 | AMERICANA $400: Maryland is the "Old Line State" & this New England state is the "Old Colony State" Massachusetts |
#2306, aired 1994-09-19 | FOOD $100: There are many varieties of this soup, including conch, corn & New England clam chowder |
#2305, aired 1994-09-16 | ABOLITIONISM $1000: By means of the Missouri Compromise, this New England state was admitted as a free state Maine |
#2286, aired 1994-07-11 | STATE FLAGS & SYMBOLS $800: This New England state's bird & tree both have red in their names Rhode Island |
#2266, aired 1994-06-13 | COLONIAL AMERICA $600: In 1614 this Jamestown leader mapped New England from Penobscot Bay to Cape Cod (John) Smith |
#2262, aired 1994-06-07 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $1000: This major source of medical news is published each week by the Massachusetts Medical Society the New England Journal of Medicine |
#2250, aired 1994-05-20 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1,500 (Daily Double): It's the northwesternmost & second largest of the New England states Vermont |
#2235, aired 1994-04-29 | NUMBER, PLEASE $200: Number of states in New England, or the number of "Brady Bunch" children 6 |
#2221, aired 1994-04-11 | U.S.A. $1,000 (Daily Double): On an alphabetical list of the New England states, this one comes first Connecticut |
#2155, aired 1994-01-07 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $3,000 (Daily Double): This New England school is the only one in the Ivy League called a college, not a university Dartmouth |
#2130, aired 1993-12-03 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $800: In a novel by Edith Wharton, this New England farmer falls in love with his wife's cousin Mattie Ethan Frome |
#2106, aired 1993-11-01 | COLONIAL AMERICA $1000: The 1st colonial woman married in New England was the widowed mother of this child born on the Mayflower Peregrine White |
#2104, aired 1993-10-28 | NEW ENGLAND $100: This 1981 Henry Fonda film was shot on New Hampshire's Squam Lake On Golden Pond |
#2104, aired 1993-10-28 | NEW ENGLAND $200: Connecticut's largest library is at this university Yale |
#2104, aired 1993-10-28 | NEW ENGLAND $300: In 1990 a New Hampshire planetarium was dedicated to this teacher who died in the Challenger explosion Christa McAuliffe |
#2104, aired 1993-10-28 | NEW ENGLAND $400: Rhode Island's state house boasts a full- length portrait of George Washington by this native son Gilbert Stuart |
#2104, aired 1993-10-28 | NEW ENGLAND $500: Mount Desert Island off the coast of this state is home to New England's only nat'l park, Acadia Maine |
#2091, aired 1993-10-11 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $300: The New England Conservatory of Music in this capital is the USA's oldest independent conservatory Boston |
#2073, aired 1993-09-15 | BEVERAGES $500: A New England term for a milk shake, it also refers to liqueur poured over shaved ice a frappe (or frappé) |
#2068, aired 1993-09-08 | LIBRARIES $400: George Washington's collection of books is housed at the Athenaeum Lib. in this New England capital Boston |
#2057, aired 1993-07-13 | FOOD $100: Baked beans & steamed brown bread are a famous combination from this New England city Boston |
#2011, aired 1993-05-10 | BLACK AMERICA $100: In New England during the 1800s, Lewis Temple helped improve this industry by inventing a toggle harpoon whaling |
#2004, aired 1993-04-29 | REPUBLICANS $800: Before becoming Bush's chief of staff John Sununu served as gov. of this New England state New Hampshire |
#1996, aired 1993-04-19 | SAY YOUR PRAYERS $200: This pre-snooze prayer appeared in the 1784 New England Primer Now I lay me down to sleep |
#1989, aired 1993-04-08 | FOOD & DRINK $300: This color flannel is in the name of a hash that's perennially popular in New England red |
#1989, aired 1993-04-08 | EDUCATION $800: This "Primer" used in colonial times had a rhyme & picture for each letter of the alphabet The New England Primer |
#1974, aired 1993-03-18 | MUSICAL THEATRE $600: This Rodgers & Hammerstein musical opens at an amusement park in New England in the 1870s Carousel |
#1935, aired 1993-01-22 | ANNUAL EVENTS $400: The Narragansett Indians hold an annual August meeting in Charlestown in this New England state Rhode Island |
#1915, aired 1992-12-25 | WORD ORIGINS $800: Lyme disease was named for the town where it was first reported in this New England state Connecticut |
#1909, aired 1992-12-17 | NEW ENGLAND $200: Not suprisingly, over 70% of this "Green Mountain State" is covered by forests Vermont |
#1909, aired 1992-12-17 | NEW ENGLAND $400: In the early 1800s he founded one of America's first copper-rolling mills in Canton, Mass. Paul Revere |
#1909, aired 1992-12-17 | NEW ENGLAND $600: It's the only U.S. military academy located in New England The Coast Guard Academy |
#1909, aired 1992-12-17 | NEW ENGLAND $800: In the 1960s Constitution Plaza helped revitalize this capital of the Constitution State Hartford |
#1909, aired 1992-12-17 | NEW ENGLAND $1000: Of this state's 8 incorporated cities, 7 are located in the Narragansett Bay area Rhode Island |
#1904, aired 1992-12-10 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $500: New England's last wooden whaling ship can be seen in this Connecticut seaport Mystic |
#1901, aired 1992-12-07 | STATE CAPITALS $200: Faneuil Hall in this New England capital is known as the "Cradle of Liberty" Boston |
#1900, aired 1992-12-04 | ENGLAND $200: Hey, speak of this author; he's on the new £10 note Charles Dickens |
#1897, aired 1992-12-01 | PRESIDENTS' FATHERS $2,000 (Daily Double): George Bush's father Prescott Bush represented this New England State in the U.S. Senate Connecticut |
#1887, aired 1992-11-17 | EDUCATION $200: America's first public high school was opened in 1821 in this New England capital Boston |
#1875, aired 1992-10-30 | CANADIAN ACTORS $200: He was born in St. John, New Brunswick, but his son Kiefer was born in London, England Donald Sutherland |
#1835, aired 1992-07-17 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: The South's export of this crop was shut down, causing massive unemployment in northern New England cotton |
#1795, aired 1992-05-22 | HISTORIC NAMES $400: Oceanus Hopkins was born on this ship while it was at sea; Peregrine White, after it got to New England the Mayflower |
#1765, aired 1992-04-10 | SCIENCE $400: One of the oldest marine biology laboratories is located at Woods Hole in this New England state Massachusetts |
#1736, aired 1992-03-02 | ABOLITIONISTS $200: In addition to her 1852 antislavery story, she also wrote about New England rural life Harriet Beecher Stowe |
#1705, aired 1992-01-17 | AFRICA $800: Of the 17 new nations created in Africa in 1960, 13 were former territories of this European power France |
#1692, aired 1991-12-31 | NEW ENGLAND $200: This first American to travel in space was born in East Derry, N.H. Alan Shepard |
#1692, aired 1991-12-31 | NEW ENGLAND $400: In 1846 Maine became the first state to outlaw the sale of this; the law lasted until 1934 liquor |
#1692, aired 1991-12-31 | NEW ENGLAND $600: Longfellow's poem "The Wreck of" this ship is set near Gloucester, Mass. the Hesperus |
#1692, aired 1991-12-31 | NEW ENGLAND $800: In 1817 Thomas H. Gallaudet founded the first free U.S. school for these people in Hartford deaf people |
#1692, aired 1991-12-31 | NEW ENGLAND $1000: The first Democrat ever elected to the U.S. Senate by Maine voters, he ran with Humphrey in 1968 (Edmund) Muskie |
#1664, aired 1991-11-21 | SLAVERY $1000: Term for the colonial commerce in African slaves, West Indian molasses & New England rum triangular trade |
#1659, aired 1991-11-14 | THE CONGRESS $600: In 1990 Socialist Bernard Sanders won this New England state's only House seat Vermont |
#1658, aired 1991-11-13 | FAMOUS LLOYDS $400: In 1832 this editor founded the New England Anti-Slavery Society William Lloyd Garrison |
#1653, aired 1991-11-06 | U.S. COINS $1000: The first American coins were shillings made in 1652 with the imprint "N.E." which stood for this New England |
#1631, aired 1991-10-07 | NEW ENGLAND $200: With Mary Baker Eddy presiding at an 1879 meeting in Lynn, Mass., this movement voted to become a church Christian Science |
#1631, aired 1991-10-07 | NEW ENGLAND $400: The academy Dr. John Phillips founded in this New Hampshire town in 1781 was opened to girls in 1970 Exeter |
#1631, aired 1991-10-07 | NEW ENGLAND $600: Its state tree is the white, not the charter, oak Connecticut |
#1631, aired 1991-10-07 | NEW ENGLAND $800: Published by Benjamin Harris around 1690, it began "A--In Adam's fall, We sinned all" the Little Bible of New England |
#1631, aired 1991-10-07 | NEW ENGLAND $1000: The 2 men chosen to warn the Patriots at Lexington the British were coming were Paul Revere & him (William) Dawes |
#1630, aired 1991-10-04 | U.S. CITIES $500: White granite from quarries near this New England capital was used in the Library of Congress Concord, New Hampshire |
#1619, aired 1991-09-19 | NATIONAL FORESTS $1000: These 2 New England states share White Mountain National Forest Maine and New Hampshire |
#1618, aired 1991-09-18 | DOUBLE TALK $400: In this 1961 Carl Reiner film, a Soviet submarine lands off the coast of a New England island The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming |
#1610, aired 1991-09-06 | ALL AMERICAN FOOD $200: The vegetable that turns New England red flannel hash red beets |
#1603, aired 1991-07-17 | THE PILGRIMS $200: The Pilgrims weren't first to call their colony this; the name appears on Capt. Smith's 1614 New England map Plymouth |
#1601, aired 1991-07-15 | BRITISH CITIES & TOWNS $1000: In England, it's a major port of Hampshire; in the U.S., the main port of New Hampshire Portsmouth |
#1591, aired 1991-07-01 | THE 50 STATES $800: This New England state has the lowest percentage of city dwellers of any U.S. state Vermont |
#1584, aired 1991-06-20 | SMITHS $100: On his second trip to America he mapped out the New England coast John Smith |
#1577, aired 1991-06-11 | POETS $600: First name shared by New England poetesses
Bradstreet & Sexton Anne |
#1576, aired 1991-06-10 | UNREAL ESTATE $1,000 (Daily Double): The play "Our Town" centers on two families living in this typical New England town Grover's Corners |
#1567, aired 1991-05-28 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: New England College is in this New England state; you'll find it in Henniker, near Manchester New Hampshire |
#1558, aired 1991-05-15 | NEWSPAPERS $1000: New England's largest paper is this Boston daily The Boston Globe |
#1534, aired 1991-04-11 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $500: This New England capital is home to the Berklee College of Music Boston |
#1521, aired 1991-03-25 | ARCHITECTURE $100: A small New England-style home with a gabled roof, named for a Massachusetts peninsula Cape Cod |
#1482, aired 1991-01-29 | LITERATURE $400: This 20th century New England poet dropped out of Dartmouth & Harvard before settling on a Derry, New Hampshire farm (Robert) Frost |
#1466, aired 1991-01-07 | SOUP DU JOUR $400: Variety of clam chowder that's made with milk rather than tomatoes New England clam chowder |
#1437, aired 1990-11-27 | 6-LETTER BIRDS $800: In New England it's often called a partridge while southerners call it a pheasant grouse |
#1431, aired 1990-11-19 | COLONIAL AMERICA $100: Capt. John Smith coined this term for the region that now includes 6 Northeastern states New England |
#1422, aired 1990-11-06 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $200: "The House of the Seven Gables" is set in this New England town, about 150 years after the Witch Trials Salem, Massachusetts |
#1418, aired 1990-10-31 | FOOD $200: New England farmers frequently use plastic tubing & vacuum pumps to drain sap from these trees maple |
#1414, aired 1990-10-25 | FACTS & FIGURES $400: This southernmost New England state has an 8% state sales tax, the highest in the U.S. Connecticut |
#1413, aired 1990-10-24 | THE '50s $300: When Hurricane Carol hit New England it toppled the steeple from this historic church the Old North Church |
#1388, aired 1990-09-19 | HISTORIC NAMES $200: Thomas Paine's remains were exhumed in New York for reburial in this, his native country, but were lost England |
#11, aired 1990-08-25 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $800: Edith Wharton's tragic tale of a New England farmer who falls in love with his wife's cousin Mattie Ethan Frome |
#1372, aired 1990-07-17 | MONTHS $400: Until the 18th century the new year in England began in this month March |
#1364, aired 1990-07-05 | NEW ENGLAND $200: The only state with a nickname that begins with "Little" Rhode Island |
#1364, aired 1990-07-05 | NEW ENGLAND $400: Harvard University & MIT are in this city across the Charles River from Boston Cambridge |
#1364, aired 1990-07-05 | NEW ENGLAND $600: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in this city, now Maine's largest Portland |
#1364, aired 1990-07-05 | NEW ENGLAND $800: Majestic Mount Greylock, the highest point in Massachusetts, is in these "hills" Berkshires |
#1364, aired 1990-07-05 | NEW ENGLAND $1000: It's the only landlocked state in New England Vermont |
#2, aired 1990-06-23 | U.S. STATES $4,000 (Daily Double): Mount Adams, Mount Jefferson & Mount Madison are in this New England state New Hampshire |
#1353, aired 1990-06-20 | THE CIVIL WAR $1000: Entering from Canada, Confederate troops raided St. Albans in this New England state Vermont |
#1340, aired 1990-06-01 | U.S. HISTORY $600: The 1st accident insurance policy in the U.S. was written by the Travelers Ins. Co. in this New England city Hartford, CT |
#1337, aired 1990-05-29 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: The largest & northernmost New England state Maine |
#1326, aired 1990-05-14 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $300: Bennington Battle Day, August 16th, is a legal holiday in this New England state Vermont |
#1321, aired 1990-05-07 | CURRENT EVENTS $400: The New England Journal of Medicine recently said this food's ability to lower cholesterol may be overhyped oat bran |
#1317, aired 1990-05-01 | THINK TWICE $500: Most Chinese gooseberries are grown in this country New Zealand (AKA the Kiwi Fruit) |
#1315, aired 1990-04-27 | PLAY SETTINGS $1000: The town in "Our Town" is in this New England state New Hampshire |
#1276, aired 1990-03-05 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $200: This clergyman who wrote "The Short History of New-England" in 1694 was the son of Increase Mather Cotton Mather |
#1256, aired 1990-02-05 | COOKING $500: A traditional New England seafood picnic where bivalves are cooked over hot stones & under seaweed clam bake |
#1246, aired 1990-01-22 | POTENT POTABLES $200: A favorite drink in colonial New England was "Blackstrap", a mixture of molasses & this potent potable Rum |
#1242, aired 1990-01-16 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: Collective term for the states between New England & the Southeast Mid-Atlantic states |
#1233, aired 1990-01-03 | STATE SEALS $2,300 (Daily Double): This New England state's seal includes a granite boulder New Hampshire |
#1232, aired 1990-01-02 | NAMES IN THE NEWS $500: This president of the Remington Shaver company liked the New England Patriots so much, he bought the team Victor Kiam |
#1225, aired 1989-12-22 | ARCHITECTURE $400: 2 of 3 New England states whose statehouses were designed by Charles Bulfinch (2 of) Connecticut, Massachusetts or Maine |
#1222, aired 1989-12-19 | U.S. SENATORS $1000: Claiborne Pell has represented this New England state in the Senate for more than 28 years Rhode Island |
#1216, aired 1989-12-11 | POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS $400: State abbreviated NE; it's not in New England Nebraska |
#1176, aired 1989-10-16 | SHOPPING $200: Appropriately, this New England city's Museum of Fine Arts sells a book of recipes for tea parties Boston |
#1174, aired 1989-10-12 | LITERATURE $1000: Edith Wharton tragedy about a New England farmer with a nagging wife & a sweet young paramour "Ethan Frome" |
#1164, aired 1989-09-28 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $200: England's monetary system no longer uses the penny; the smallest denomination is now called this New Pence |
#1135, aired 1989-07-07 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: This 107 mile long lake helps separate New England from New York Lake Champlain |
#1133, aired 1989-07-05 | NEW ENGLAND $200: It's the largest city in New England Boston |
#1133, aired 1989-07-05 | NEW ENGLAND $400: Newport was a co-capital of this state from 1854-1900 Rhode Island |
#1133, aired 1989-07-05 | NEW ENGLAND $600: It's the only New England state without a seacoast on the Atlantic Ocean Vermont |
#1133, aired 1989-07-05 | NEW ENGLAND $800: On landing in the Cape Cod area in April 1614, this founder of Virginia gave New England its name Captain John Smith |
#1133, aired 1989-07-05 | NEW ENGLAND $1000: When the British tried to take back Conn.'s charter, it was hidden, tradition says, in this type of tree oak |
#1128, aired 1989-06-28 | THE '50s $800: Its cover called it "the extraordinary new novel that lifts the lid off a small New England town" Peyton Place |
#1117, aired 1989-06-13 | U.S. STATES $300: Largest of the 6 New England states, it's the most sparsely populated state east of the Mississippi Maine |
#1099, aired 1989-05-18 | LAKES & RIVERS $200: If the new London bridge in England, not Arizona, fell down. it would fall into this river the Thames |
#1097, aired 1989-05-16 | NEW YEAR'S DAY $100: In England long ago, husbands gave their wives money on Jan. 1 to buy a year's worth of these hem holders pin money |
#1088, aired 1989-05-03 | STUPID "HEAD"s $300: A New England or Manhattan oaf who's gone from soup to nuts chowderhead |
#1075, aired 1989-04-14 | WEATHER $600: Geographical word used to describe a New England storm that blows onshore from the Atlantic Nor'easter |
#1066, aired 1989-04-03 | CATS $1000: Bred in New England, this large cat looks something like the nocturnal animal for which it's named Maine coon |
#1063, aired 1989-03-29 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $400: Shortly before dying, this New England Quaker poet uttered the words, "My love to the world" John Greenleaf Whittier |
#1060, aired 1989-03-24 | BEACHES $1000: Beaches on this New England state's 17 3/4 miles of coastline include Hampton Beach & Rye Beach New Hampshire |
#1058, aired 1989-03-22 | DOUBLE "W"s $1000: A platform built atop old New England houses serving as a lookout for incoming ships widow's walk |
#1057, aired 1989-03-21 | AMERICAN INDIANS $1000: This "regal" Indian war has been called "the bloodiest conflict in 17th century New England" King Philip's War |
#1052, aired 1989-03-14 | NEW ENGLAND $200: Thousands of residents of this New England state, closest to NYC, make the commute daily Connecticut |
#1052, aired 1989-03-14 | NEW ENGLAND $400: This state is the home of the Ivy League's Brown University Rhode Island |
#1052, aired 1989-03-14 | NEW ENGLAND $800: Though it sounds crazy, it's a slang term for a Down Easter Maineiac |
#1052, aired 1989-03-14 | NEW ENGLAND $1000: From 1777 until 1791 this New England state was an independent republic Vermont |
#1041, aired 1989-02-27 | WHAT'S "NEW" $800: In Australia, South Africa & England, the cities named this are all important coal mining centers Newcastle |
#1035, aired 1989-02-17 | AMERICAN HISTORY $300: In early New England, wearing the letter "A" was 1 punishment for this adultery |
#1035, aired 1989-02-17 | FICTION $800: New England state mentioned in the title of a Mark Twain novel, he also lived there Connecticut |
#1033, aired 1989-02-15 | STATE NAMES $500: It's not certain from where this New England state got its name, but it wasn't from the Indians Maine |
#1025, aired 1989-02-03 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1,700 (Daily Double): It's the only New England state that does not border the Atlantic Ocean Vermont |
#1006, aired 1989-01-09 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $300: Stowe is one of the many ski resorts in this state that leads New England in skiing Vermont |
#998, aired 1988-12-28 | FOOD ON THE MAP $300: In contrast to the New England type, this soup doesn't use milk but is made with tomatoes Manhattan clam chowder |
#982, aired 1988-12-06 | TRANSPORTATION $600: 2-horse "pungs" were types of these used in New England sleds |
#964, aired 1988-11-10 | POETS $300: Ralph Waldo Emerson spent much of his life in this New England state where he was born Massachusetts |
#936, aired 1988-10-03 | SPORTS TRIVIA $500: The day after suffering worst Super Bowl loss in history, they became the 1st team to agree to drug testing the New England Patriots |
#933, aired 1988-09-28 | U.S. STATES $1000: The higest peaks in New England are in this state's White Mountains New Hampshire |
#928, aired 1988-09-21 | U.S. STATES $1000: Only Alaska & Wyoming have fewer people than this New England state Vermont |
#889, aired 1988-06-16 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $100: Mary Baker Eddy founded the Church of Christ, Scientist in this New England city Boston |
#877, aired 1988-05-31 | DANCE $1000: You won't find Jacob's Pillow on Marley's bed; it's a dance festival site in this New England state Massachusetts |
#870, aired 1988-05-20 | U.S. STATES $200: 80-90% of this New England state, more than any other, is covered by forests, with lots of pine trees Maine |
#851, aired 1988-04-25 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: In the 1839 Aroostook War, this New England state called out the militia to fight England Maine |
#843, aired 1988-04-13 | HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS $600: Dotted with mansions, D.C.'s Embassy Row is on this avenue named for a New England state Massachusetts Avenue |
#842, aired 1988-04-12 | U.S. STATES $1000: The Old Man of the Mountains, carved by nature into a mountainside, is an attraction of this N.E. state New Hampshire |
#839, aired 1988-04-07 | PARKS $600: New England's only national park, it shares its name with homeland of Longfellow's Evangeline Acadia |
#804, aired 1988-02-18 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: This French explorer never explained how a large New England lake came to be named after him Champlain |
#788, aired 1988-01-27 | "OUNCE" FOR OUNCE $600: At '86 Super Bowl, it's what the Chicago Bears did to the New England Patriots, 46-10 trounce |
#786, aired 1988-01-25 | COLONIAL AMERICA $200: Before the founding of New England in our country, New France was founded in what is now this country Canada |
#776, aired 1988-01-11 | HISTORY $200: Peregrine White, the 1st child born in New England of English parents, was born on this ship the Mayflower |
#746, aired 1987-11-30 | COLLEGES $400: The 1st 4 Black college grads in the U.S. all attended colleges in this 6-state region New England |
#734, aired 1987-11-12 | COLLEGES $800: America's biggest defense contractor among universities is this New England school MIT |
#733, aired 1987-11-11 | HIGHER EDUCATION $400: These two New England schools have competed in football since 1875 and in boat races since 1852 Harvard and Yale |
#729, aired 1987-11-05 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $100: The 1st bank holiday of the year in England, it's the 1st day banks are closed in the U.S. too New Year's Day |
#704, aired 1987-10-01 | U.S. CITIES $300: New England city in which about 1850, Ephraim W. Bull developed a popular table grape Concord |
#698, aired 1987-09-23 | CONDUCTORS $600: An avid skier, tennis player & dancer, Seiji Ozawa conducts this New England orchestra the Boston Symphony |
#697, aired 1987-09-22 | DOUBLE TALK $400: Alan Arkin played a befuddled Soviet sailor whose sub ran aground off New England in this '66 film The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! |
#686, aired 1987-09-07 | ENGLAND $1,000 (Daily Double): English landmark the New Vaudeville Band had a gripe against in the following No. 1 hit: Winchester Cathedral |
#670, aired 1987-07-03 | THE 4TH OF JULY $500: Only president born on the 4th of July was this New England Yankee few would have called a dandy Calvin Coolidge |
#666, aired 1987-06-29 | TRANSPORTATION $200: Used in New England, a dory is a flat-bottomed type of this a fishing boat |
#661, aired 1987-06-22 | AMERICANA $300: If you're down & out "down east", your in this part of our country New England |
#650, aired 1987-06-05 | "BLACK" $400: By mid-19th c. this tribal group claimed Great Plains lands twice the size of New England the Blackfeet |
#649, aired 1987-06-04 | THE 50 STATES $400: Of all states having a coastline, this New England state has the shortest, just 13 miles New Hampshire |
#637, aired 1987-05-19 | JUNE $200: On June 6, 1816, 10 inches of this fell on New England snow |
#631, aired 1987-05-11 | NAUTICAL HISTORY $600 (Daily Double): Docked in New England it's called the oldest commissioned ship afloat in any of the world's navies U.S.S. Constitution (Old Ironsides) |
#619, aired 1987-04-23 | NEIGHBORHOODS $200: The Back Bay has been described as this New England's city's "Yuppieville" Boston |
#617, aired 1987-04-21 | COLONIAL AMERICA $300: The largest 18th c. manufacturing industry in New England was the distilling of this liquor rum |
#614, aired 1987-04-16 | LITERATURE $800: Set in 19th century New England, this Eugene O'Neill play updated the tragedy of Orestes & Elektra Mourning Becomes Elektra |
#613, aired 1987-04-15 | PUMPKINS $400: Term for a New England puritan, or a dolt a pumpkin head |
#600, aired 1987-03-27 | NOVEL PLOTS $700 (Daily Double): Hostile aliens fall victim to germ warfare in England The War of the Worlds |
#592, aired 1987-03-17 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $400: New England poet who is only American honored in Westminster Abbey's Poet's Corner Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
#590, aired 1987-03-13 | STATE CAPITALS $400: Providence, R.I. & this large New England city are the two capitals closest to each other Boston |
#551, aired 1987-01-19 | NEW ENGLAND $100: Maine's most popular historic site is the home of this "Hiawatha" poet (Henry Wadsworth) Longfellow |
#551, aired 1987-01-19 | NEW ENGLAND $200 (Daily Double): Title of the following Barry Manilow hit:
"Last night I waved goodbye now it seems years / I'm back in the city where nothing is clear..." "Weekend In New England" |
#551, aired 1987-01-19 | NEW ENGLAND $200: The Upper New England climate has been described as "9 months o'" this, "& 3 months o' darn poor sledding" winter |
#551, aired 1987-01-19 | NEW ENGLAND $300: The Berkshire Hills of Mass. are the southern reaches of this famed Vermont range the Green Mountains |
#542, aired 1987-01-06 | ODD TOWNS $400: As the town's residents will tell you, this small N. England state has only town in world named Henniker New Hampshire |
#537, aired 1986-12-30 | SEE THE USA $400: The number of New England states you can enter directly from Canada Three |
#534, aired 1986-12-25 | BIRDS OF AMERICA $300: In New England, "a partridge in a pear tree" would actually refer to the ruffed species of this bird a grouse |
#521, aired 1986-12-08 | U.S. STATES $1,000 (Daily Double): The states that make up New England Connecticut, Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island |
#516, aired 1986-12-01 | LITERATURE $100: When this New England novelist died in 1864, vacationing with college chum F. Pierce, it was no "red letter" day (Nathaniel) Hawthorne |
#500, aired 1986-11-07 | MUSIC ON THE MAP $400: Though it's not their home, in 1967, the Bee Gees sang about this New England state Massachusetts |
#415, aired 1986-04-11 | THE FOOD STORE $200: It's what Campbell's asks you to add to their condensed New England clam chowder milk |
#334, aired 1985-12-19 | PLAYWRIGHTS $400: Hungarian Ferenc Molnar's "Liliom" became this Rodgers & Hammerstein musical set in New England Carousel |
#329, aired 1985-12-12 | THE CIVIL WAR $1000: On Oct.19,1864, 22 Confederates in uniform raided town of St. Albans in this New England state Vermont |
#300, aired 1985-11-01 | U.S. STATES $500: Before joining Union in 1791, this New England state was an independent republic for 14 years Vermont |
#288, aired 1985-10-16 | U.S. STATES $1000: This New England state has no cities at all with over 40,000 people Vermont |
#272, aired 1985-09-24 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $400: New England's only national park, Acadia is in this "Pine Tree" state Maine |
#271, aired 1985-09-23 | WORLD HISTORY $400: In 1493, Pope Alexander VI divided the New World between Spain & this country Portugal |
#261, aired 1985-09-09 | NEW ENGLAND $200: This New England state is about the same size as the other 5 combined Maine |
#261, aired 1985-09-09 | NEW ENGLAND $400: Shortest state motto, "Hope!", appropriately belongs to this New England state Rhode Island |
#261, aired 1985-09-09 | NEW ENGLAND $600: The first & last of 6 New England-born presidents both had this first name John |
#261, aired 1985-09-09 | NEW ENGLAND $800: In '64, it became the 1st in the nation to have a state lottery New Hampshire |
#261, aired 1985-09-09 | NEW ENGLAND $1000: Sikorsky built 1st one-rotor helicopter in this state which still makes most helicopters Connecticut |
#188, aired 1985-05-29 | RELIGION $600: America's oldest synagogue is in this New England state Rhode Island |
#184, aired 1985-05-23 | COLONIAL AMERICA $400: Last name of three prominent New England religious intellectuals,
Richard, Increase & Cotton Mathers |
#178, aired 1985-05-15 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: Designed as a hunting cap by William Coke in 1850, new ads in England are revitalizing its sales a bowler hat (derby) |
#162, aired 1985-04-23 | MONEY $600: England has announced during 1985 it will be replacing this with an equivalent coin the pound note |
#115, aired 1985-02-15 | TRADE CENTERS $300: Known as "Insurance City", some 50 companies have their headquarters in this New England city Hartford |
#114, aired 1985-02-14 | U.S.A. $400: "Yankee Doodle" is the official song of this New England state Connecticut |
#106, aired 1985-02-04 | UNREAL ESTATE $300: In '57 bestseller, Grace Metalious' torrid New England town Peyton Place |
#100, aired 1985-01-25 | SPACE $300: In this book, the Martians attack Chobham, England, not Grovers Mills, New Jersey The War of the Worlds |
#100, aired 1985-01-25 | PRESIDENTS $500: Ran country without a telephone during a 3-month fishing trip to his native New England Calvin Coolidge |
#68, aired 1984-12-12 | U.S. STATES $400: The New England state without an Atlantic Ocean coastline Vermont |
#51, aired 1984-11-19 | POETRY $400: New England "swinger of birches" who read his poetry for JFK's inauguration Robert Frost |